The implementation of a national curriculum and teachers’ classroom thinking

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-114

  Swann, Joanna ^a   Brown, Sally ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children s learning; Environmental studies; Mathematics; National curricula; Scotland; Teachers thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 4744364400     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267152970120106     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. BENNETT, N. (1990). ‘Teaching and learning in the primary classroom’. In: ENTWISTLE, N. (Ed) Handbook of Educational Ideas and Practices. London: Roudedge.
2. BENNETT, N., DESFORGES, C„ COCKBURN, A. and WILKINSON, B. (1984). The Quality of Pupil Learning Experiences. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
3. BROWN, S. and Mc INTYRE, D. (1993). Making Sense of Teaching. Buckingham: Open University Press.
4. BROWN, S. and SWANN, J. (1995). The Scottish Educational Reforms and Teachers’ Theories of Teaching and Learning. Swindon: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC Reference R-000-23-3100).
5. BROWN, J.S., COLLINS, A. and DUGUID, P. (1989). ‘Situated cognition and the culture of learning’, Educational Researcher, 18, 1, 32-42.
6. COOPER, P.W. (1993). ‘Field relations and the problem of authenticity in researching participants’ perceptions of teaching and learning in classrooms’. British Educational Research Journal, 19, 4, 323-38.
7. DAVIS, A.J. (1993). ‘Matching and assessment’, Journal of Curriculum Studies, 25, 3, 267-79.
8. DESFORGES, C. (1985). ‘Matching tasks to children’. In: BENNETT, N. and DESFORGES, C. (Eds) Recent Advances in Classroom Research. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
9. DRIVER, R„ ASOKO, H„ LEACH, J„ MORTIMER, E. and SCOTT, P. (1994). ‘Constructing scientific knowledge in the classroom’, Educational Researcher, 23, 7, 5-12.
10. DRIVER, R. and OLDHAM, V. (1986). ‘A constructivist approach to curriculum development in science’, Studies in Science Education, 13, 105-22.
11. FENSHAM, P., GUNSTONE, R. and WHITE, R. (Eds) (1994). The Content of Science. London: Falmer.
12. GOULDER, J., SIMPSON, M. and TUSON, J. (1994). ‘The 5-14 Development Programme in Scottish secondary schools: the first phase’, The Curriculum Journal, 5, 1, 69-81.
13. HARLEN, W. and MALCOLM, H. (1994). ‘Putting the curriculum and assessment guidelines in place in Scottish primary schools’, The Curriculum Journal, 5, 1, 55-67.
14. PRATT, J. and SILVERMAN, S. (1988). Responding to Constraint: Policy and Management in Higher Education. Buckingham: Open University Press.
15. OSBORNE, R.J. and FREYBERG, R (Eds) (1985). Learning in Science: The Implications of Children’s Science. London: Heinemann.
16. SCOTTISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (1987). Curriculum and Assessment in Scotland: A Policy for the 90s (November). Edinburgh: SED.
17. SCOTTISH OFFICE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (1991a). Mathematics 5-14 (August). Edinburgh: SOED.
18. SCOTTISH OFFICE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (1991b). Assessment 5-14 (Parts 1 and 2, October). Edinburgh: SOED.
19. SCOTTISH OFFICE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (1991c). Environmental Studies 5-14 (Curriculum and Assessment in Scodand: A Policy for the 90s — Working Paper No. 13, December). Edinburgh: SOED.
20. SCOTTISH OFFICE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (1993). Environmental Studies 5-14 (March). Edinburgh: SOED.
21. SCOTTISH OFFICE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (1994). Implementing 5-14: A Progress Report (Interchange No. 23, February). Edinburgh: SOED.
22. SIMPSON, M. (1989). A Study of Differentiation and Learning in Schools. Aberdeen: Northern College.
23. SIMPSON, M. and URE, J. (1993). What’s the Difference? A Study of Differentiation in Scottish Secondary Schools. Aberdeen: Northern College.
24. TOMLINSON, P. (1989). ‘Having it both ways: hierarchical focusing as research interview method’, British Educational Research Journal, 15, 2, 155-76.
25. TORRANCE, H. (1993). ‘Formative assessment: some theoretical problems and empirical questions’. Cambridge Journal of Education, 23, 3, 333-43.