Managing Curriculum Change in a Comprehensive School: Conflict, Compromise and Deliberation.

Holt, Maurice

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Publication Date: 1990

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Managing Curriculum Change in a Comprehensive School: Conflict, Compromise and Deliberation.

Holt, Maurice

Journal of Curriculum Studies, v22 n2 p137-48 Mar-Apr 1990

Examines the tensions created between public demands for curriculum changes and the schools' internal needs. Reports a case study on the implementation of a core curriculum in an English comprehensive school. Focuses on the work of the curriculum committee and the role of the principal. Assesses successes and failures of the project. (RW)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Comprehensive Programs, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, General Education, Participant Observation, Politics of Education, Public Opinion, Qualitative Research, Secondary Education

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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