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  1. 1. Becoming a reflective professional
       1. Identity
       2. Learning
  2.    3. Reflection
  3.    4. Principles
  4.    Observing [supplementary chapter]
  5.    Enquiry [supplementary chapter]
  6.    Mentoring [supplementary chapter]
  7.    Techniques of enquiry
       [supplementary chapter]

  8. 2. Creating conditions for learning
  9.    5. Contexts
  10.    6. Relationships
  11.    7. Engagement
  12.    8. Spaces

  13. 3. Teaching for learning
  14.    9. Curriculum
  15.    10. Planning
  16.    11. Pedagogy
  17.    12. Communication
  18.    13. Assessment

  19. 4. Reflecting on consequences
  20.    14. Outcomes
  21.    15. Social justice
  22.    Judgement
       [supplementary chapter]

  23. 5. Deepening understanding
  24.    16. Teacher expertise
  25.    17. Professional learning
  26.    18. Professionalism
  27.    Starting out [supplementary
       chapter]
  28.    Improvement [supplementary
       chapter]

Elements of learning

A balanced and highly influential overview of the nature, scope and design of school curricula and the ‘elements of learning’ is:

  • Her Majesty’s Inspectors (1985) The Curriculum from 5 to 16.  Curriculum Matters 2.  An HMI Series.  London: HMSO.     (Reading 9.2)  (Available at educationengland.org.uk)

Extending common principles across primary and secondary education (Reading 9.1) are:

  • Male, B. and Waters, M. (2012) The Primary Curriculum Design Handbook, London: Continuum. 
  • Male, B. and Waters, M. (2012) The Secondary Curriculum Design Handbook, London: Continuum. 

The ways in which curriculum design has been developed in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is described and analysed in:

  • Wyse, D., Baumfield, V., Egan, D., Hayward, D., Mulme, M., Menter, I., Gallagher, C., Leitch, R., Livingston, K, and Lingard, R. (2012) Creating the Curriculum, London: Routledge.

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