Downgraded curriculum? An analysis of knowledge in new curricula in Scotland and New Zealand

Curriculum Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-75

  Priestley, Mark ^a   Sinnema, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

curriculum; curriculum policy; knowledge; social realism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897976504     PISSN: 09585176     EISSN: 14693704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585176.2013.872047     Document Type: Article

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