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Gervedink Nijhuis, Chantal J.; Pieters, Jules M.; Voogt, Joke M. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2013
Curriculum implementation often falls short because of a lack of cultural understanding by curriculum developers and aid organizations. This paper describes a single-case study of a professional development programme for polytechnic Heads of Department in Ghana, which aimed at identifying how curriculum development activities were sensitive to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Cultural Influences, Case Studies
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Lockhorst, Daan; Wubbels, Theo; van Oers, Bert – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2010
If the purpose of an educational system is to guide pupils towards achieving independence, then certain conditions about the design and conduct of that system must be met. In this paper, those conditions are formulated from a socio-cultural perspective on learning and development. This paper examines the extent to which those conditions were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role of Education, Teacher Role, Classroom Communication