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| Comparative Education | 7 |
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| Fraser, Stewart E. | 1 |
| Haywood, Roy | 1 |
| Lauglo, Jon | 1 |
| Millar, R. H. | 1 |
| Peterson, A. D. C. | 1 |
| Quignard, J. | 1 |
| Vaughan, Michalina | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 4 |
| Opinion Papers | 2 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
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Peer reviewedVaughan, Michalina – Comparative Education, 1981
Examines recent attempts to restructure French secondary schooling in order to provide equal opportunity and more relevant curriculum. Discusses some impediments to these reforms, particularly the opposition of teachers and their unions. (SJL)
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedHaywood, Roy – Comparative Education, 1979
From a British perspective, the author describes and comments on Norway's recent curricular and educational reforms: the development of the grunnskole for students ages 7-16, with emphasis on the lower secondary (ungdomsskole) 14-16 phase, and reforms in the upper secondary (videregaende skole) for ages 17-19. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Core Curriculum, Course Organization, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedQuignard, J. – Comparative Education, 1972
Analyzes the problems of upper secondary education suggesting that the main concerns be the change from a collective to an individualised form of education and opening up educational institutions to adults as centers for continuous learning. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Problems, Lifelong Learning, Relevance (Education)
Peer reviewedFraser, Stewart E. – Comparative Education, 1984
Examines and compares the demographic realities in China and Vietnam and the population education strategies used in curriculum materials for population education programs in both countries. (SB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Demography
Peer reviewedPeterson, A. D. C. – Comparative Education, 1978
The International Baccalaureate, an internationally oriented upper secondary curriculum, has a terminal examination which is now recognized as a valid qualification for university entrance on a world-wide scale. Here is a report on the second world conference consisting of delegations from 32 countries with observers present from the EEC, Unesco…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Conference Reports, Curriculum Development, Educational Development
Peer reviewedMillar, R. H. – Comparative Education, 1981
Comparing the secondary physics courses developed by West Germany's Institute for Science Education (IPN) with similar British curriculum projects, the author argues that the differences in style, content, and reception of these curriculums are related to the social locations of the British teachers and the German academics who devised them.…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Comparative Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedLauglo, Jon – Comparative Education, 1983
Examines general education and vocational education as the main foci of post-compulsory education in the light of curriculum planning. Perspectives (academic, pragmatic, and polytechnical) on general education are shown to be rooted in more elaborately formulated theories than are perspectives (employment-based and school-based) on vocational…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, College Preparation, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
