Curriculum Rhetoric and Social Control: A Perspective on Recent Science Curriculum Development.

Millar, R. H.

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Publication Date: 1981

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Curriculum Rhetoric and Social Control: A Perspective on Recent Science Curriculum Development.

Millar, R. H.

European Journal of Science Education, v3 n3 p271-84 Jul-Sep 1981

Outlines an approach for interpreting the influence of social factors on the directions in which secondary school science curricula have developed and explores the influence of the institutional context of comprehensivization on emerging science curriculum in Great Britain in the 1960s. (Author/DS)

Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Opinions, Science Course Improvement Projects, Science Curriculum, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Social Influences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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