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New Perspectives on Curriculum, Learning and Assessment

By David Scott (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2016
ISBN
978-3-319-22830-3, 978-3-319-22831-0
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-22831-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3508164 bytes)
Series
Evaluating Education: Normative Systems and Institutional Practices
Edition
1
Pages
XIII, 210\217
Time added
2015-11-25 16:51:03
Curriculum Studies; Learning & Instruction; AssessTesting and Evaluation

Description

This book offers a detailed analysis and assessment of the state of education round the world. The argument is made that education and curriculum practices are deficient for two reasons. The first is the adoption by governments, policy-makers and practitioners of a set of knowledge practices that can be broadly characterised as empiricist and technicist, and which has come to dominate how curricula are constructed and certainly how education systems and their work can be described. The second is the adoption of a model of curriculum that is both backward-looking and, in its own terms, confused and muddled. This book then sets out an alternative model, which is more cogent and better focused on human wellbeing.

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