The Miracle Baby: Curriculum Change and Primary English: An Australian Case Study.

Gibbs, Donna

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ERIC Number: EJ586848

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Publication Date: 1998

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The Miracle Baby: Curriculum Change and Primary English: An Australian Case Study.

Gibbs, Donna

Journal of Curriculum Studies, v30 n2 p181-98 Mar-Apr 1998

Argues that many of the conditions advocated in current educational theory relating to curriculum change are unrealistic in the present political and economic climate, and that politicization of education, the role of the media, as well as subject-specific factors, deserve more attention. Illustrates with a case of curriculum change in Australia. (DSK)

Descriptors: British Infant Schools, Case Studies, Curriculum, Curriculum Research, Economic Factors, Educational Change, Educational Policy, English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Primary Education, Theory Practice Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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