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Peer reviewedStables, Andrew – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1997
Reviews recent literature concerning subject choice and curriculum planning. Charts a centrist course between classical humanist ideology and radical reform that would place all power in the hands of students. Maintains that young people need a balanced mix of guidance and freedom. (MJP)
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
Download full textElmore, Richard F. – 1986
The current debate on educational choice concerns whether locally centralized school systems of the kind that predominate in the public school sector are responsive to and can accommodate the diversity of educational consumers' preferences. Section I analyzes policy options and illustrates how policymakers, by examining a range of solutions to the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Policy, Attendance, Course Content
