School Knowledge in Comparative and Historical Perspective Changing Curricula in Primary and Secondary Education

School curricula are established not only to prepare young people for a real world, but also to beckon an imagined one anchored in individual rights and collective progress. Both worlds—the real and the imagined—increasingly reflect influential trans-national forces. In this special edited volume, s...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Benavot, Aaron (Editor), Braslavsky, Cecilia (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2007, 2007
Edition:1st ed. 2007
Series:CERC Studies in Comparative Education
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The Changing Ideological Bases of the School Curriculum
  • Educational Ideology and the School Curriculum
  • The Worldwide Rise of Human Rights Education
  • Curricular Contents and Practices in Primary and Secondary Education
  • The Spread of English Language Instruction in the Primary School
  • Educating Future Citizens in Europe and Asia
  • Historical Competence as a Key to Promote Democracy
  • The Marginalization of Aesthetic Education in the School Curriculum
  • Transmission of Values in Muslim Countries: Religious Education and Moral Development in School Curricula
  • World Models of Secondary Education, 1960-2000
  • Micro-politics and the Examination of Curricular Practices: The Case of School Notebooks
  • The Dynamics of Curriculum-Making and Curricular Reform
  • The Current Discourse on Curriculum Change: A Comparative Analysis of National Reports on Education
  • The Dynamics of Curriculum Design and Development: Scenarios for Curriculum Evolution
  • Socio-historical Processes of Curriculum Change
  • New Proposals for Upper Secondary Curricula in Four Latin American Countries, 1990-2005
  • School Curricula in Perspective: Reflections on the Past, and Directions for the Future
  • Cecilia Braslavsky and the Curriculum: Reflections on a Lifelong Journey in Search of Quality Education for All
  • World Models, National Curricula, and the Centrality of the Individual