Beyond the National Curriculum: Curricular Centralism and Cultural Diversity in Europe and the USA

✍ Scribed by Professor David Coulby, David Coulby

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Leaves: 145
Series: Master Classes Ineducation
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The National Curriculum is due for review. This is a central area of educational debate in England and Wales. Increasingly politicians and their entourages are looking for quick fixes from abroad to solve what they see to be problems in the educational system of the UK. Drawing on insights from other European curricular systems, this provocative book will contribute, in a timely way, to the debate on reformations of the National Curriculum. The style is concise, with points for discussion and lists of further reading. debate in England and Wales. Increasingly politicians are looking for quick fixes from abroad to solve what they see to be problems in the educational system. Drawing on insights from other European curricular systems, this volume will contribute, in a timely way, to the debate on the reformations of the National Curriculum. The style is short and concise, with points for discussion and lists of further reading. _

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Series Editors' Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Introductory Remarks......Page 14
Introduction: Transitions in Europe and the Central Role of Knowledge......Page 16
The State Control of Knowledge......Page 25
Cultural Diversity and State Knowledge......Page 39
The Creation and Re-Creation of Tradition in Schools and Universities......Page 55
The Knowledge Economy......Page 73
Modernist Knowledge and Prejudice: Special Educational Needs......Page 87
Knowledge and Warfare......Page 101
State Knowledge and Identity......Page 116
References......Page 129
Index......Page 137

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