9. Curriculum

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Reflective Activities

Principles for Curriculum Revision

• To examine statements of aims and values presented in National Curriculum and school documentation
• To consider the influence of views of knowledge on a part of a national or school curriculum

Elements of Learning

• To consider knowledge, concepts, skills and attitudes in schemes of work

National Curricula

• To consider the role of different subjects within the curriculum
• To reflect upon the 'curriculum as experienced' in the primary phase
• To experience children's capacity and inclination to search for understanding at young ages

Subject Knowledge

• To assess our own feelings of competence in subject knowledge
• To consider the idea of transformations when preparing to teach
• To assess the quality of materials provided for experienced and trainee teachers by subject associations
• To think through the extent and effects of moves to subject specialism in primary schools

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Further Reading

Notes on Further Reading

• Overview
• Principles for curriculum revision
• Elements of learning
• National curricula
• Subject knowledge

Useful links

• Enriching experience
• Welsh Education Department
• Northern Irish Education Department
• English Education Department
• Irish Education Department
• Scottish Education Department
• The National Curriculum, England
• The Curriculum, Northern Ireland
• The Curriculum, Scotland
• Curriculum for Wales

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Research Briefings

• Towards evidence-based practice in science education 1: using diagnostic assessment to enhance learning
• Towards evidence-based practice in science education 2: developing and evaluating evidence-informed teaching Sequences
• Towards evidence-based practice in science education 3: teaching pupils 'ideas about science'
• Towards evidence-based practice in science education 4: Users' perceptions of research

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Diagrams and Figures

• Figure 9.1 A comparison of educational aims across sectors in England
• Figure 9.2 The four capacities of Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence
• Figure 9.3 The supple learning mind