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Sanna-Mari Salonen-Hakomäki; Tiina Soini – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2023
National curriculum reform is a complex negotiation point of how basic education should be practiced and what role it should take in society. The question of participation in this process is central to creating a coherent, responsible, and implementable curriculum--but still left for little investigation in the national level reforms. Our goal was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Educational Change, Core Curriculum
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Hilt, Line; Riese, Hanne – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2022
Some might fear that the local flavours of education will evaporate when encountering the hegemony of global, cognitive standards of the knowledge economy. This paper, however, shows that the evolution of curriculum can emerge in surprising directions, creating hybrid forms of education. We will investigate forms of meaning that emerge in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History
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Hansen, Petteri; Puustinen, Mikko – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2021
This paper discusses the relationship between knowledge and society in social studies by analysing how society is presented in four Finnish social studies textbooks currently in use in comprehensive education. Besides its empirical contribution, the paper examines the possibilities of applying Michael Young's understanding of powerful knowledge in…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Educational Change, Textbooks, Cultural Background
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Rosenmund, Moritz – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2016
Why should we assume systematic comparative research on state-based curriculum-making to be possible at all, given the high complexity and large variety of institutional forms of educational and political systems across nation-states? On the other hand, how can we explain the significant endeavour of nation-states all over the world to align their…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, National Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
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Wood, Phil; Butt, Graham – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2014
This paper considers the impact of a small-scale action research project which focused on the development of an emergent approach to curriculum making in a general certificate in secondary education course in geography. In this context, we argue that complexity thinking offers a useful theoretical foundation from which to understand the nature of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Curriculum Development, Systems Approach, Foreign Countries
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Lutterodt, S. A. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1975
A structural model of curriculum evaluation is presented that is based on a decision-oriented concept of evaluation. Its three major components--information, technique, and decision-purpose--are discussed. (ND)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education