Perspectives on the Context of Curriculum - Bob Moon and Patricia Murphy PART ONE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Constructing the Concept of Curriculum on the Wisconsin Frontier - Herbert M Kliebard How School Restructuring Sustained a Pedagogical Revolution Movers and Shakers - Tony Taylor High Politics and the Origins of the English National Curriculum Technical Education and State Formation in Nineteenth-Century England and France - Andy Green Assessment and the Emergence of Modern Society - Patricia Broadfoot PART TWO: CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES Values and Aims in Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks - Joanna Le M[ac]etais A 16-Nation Review ′Quality′ in Early Childhood Programmes - Martin Woodhead A Contextually Appropriate Approach Valid Knowledge and the Problem of Practical Arts Curricula - Theodore Lewis Culture, Mind, and Education - Jerome Bruner PART THREE: CHANGE PERSPECTIVES Vision and Constraint in Curriculum Change - Ken Harley and Volker Wedekind A Case Study of South African Secondary School Principals Recent Curriculum Change in Post-Pinochet Chile - Ruth Aedo-Richmond and Mark Richmond Curriculum Development and New Information Technology - Robert McCormick Race, Culture, and Curriculum Development in the USA - Crain Soudien A Study of the Process of Introducing a Multicultural Dimension into the Curriculum Principles for Reflecting on the Curriculum in France - Pierre Bourdieu Getting to Scale with Good Educational Practice - Richard F Elmore

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