Curriculum change in Australia and Ireland: a comparative study of recent reforms
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DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2019.1704064
Abstract: ABSTRACT Curriculum policies internationally are increasingly concerned with the promotion of national competitiveness and economic development. This involves more emphasis on skills than on knowledge, on learning than on teaching and on school/teacher autonomy than… read more here.
Keywords: curriculum; curriculum change; study; ireland ... See more keywords
Change and stability in academic agency in higher education curriculum reform
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DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2020.1836261
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study explores academics’ changing agency in curriculum work in higher education. Bourdieu’s concepts of field, habitus and capital, followed by the metaphor of game, are used as tools to analyse stability and change… read more here.
Keywords: curriculum; higher education; agency; curriculum change ... See more keywords
Walking with bound feet: teachers’ lived experiences in China’s English curriculum change
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DOI: 10.1080/07908318.2019.1615077
Abstract: ABSTRACT Reported in this paper is an ethnographic study in a Beijing senior high school that aims to examine the pedagogical lived experiences of Chinese EFL teachers against the backdrop of the nation’s mandated curriculum… read more here.
Keywords: curriculum; walking bound; lived experiences; bound feet ... See more keywords
Principals’ experiences of support in the management of the implementation of curriculum change in secondary schools
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DOI: 10.15700/saje.v44ns1a2365
Abstract: Principals’ management of curriculum change is critical in successfully implementing transformation in schools. This is particularly crucial in South Africa where the curriculum has been in a constant state of flux since 1994. In this… read more here.
Keywords: curriculum; curriculum change; management; implementation curriculum ... See more keywords