Curriculum Reform in Upper-Secondary Comprehensive Schools: Research Findings and Recommendations
Journal Title: Pedagogicka Orientace - Year 2011, Vol 21, Issue 4
Abstract
The paper presents the main research findings and recommendations concerning the implementation of curricular reform in upper-secondary comprehensive schools. The authors analyse ten problem areas of curricular reform, as they were captured in the Kvalitní škola research project. (1) There is no (shared) understanding of the key ideas and concepts of the reform; (2) Discussing the reform: participants and their non-voices; (3) The problem of language, of ’understanding’; (4) Doubts about what is being reformed; (5) When what-is-being-implemented has been implemented: the problem of coordination; (6) Conditions of implementation; (7) Ambiguous acceptation of the reform on the part of teachers; (8) Two-level curriculum: state-level and school-level curriculum as the key elements of the reform; (9) Teachers making a curriculum: doubts and hesitation; (10) Realising curriculum: formalism or a route to the new culture of teaching and learning. Towards the end of the paper, the authors summarise recommendations for the participants on different levels of the reform. They also suggest an outlook for future research in this area.
Authors and Affiliations
Tomáš Janík, Petr Knecht, Michaela Píšová, Jan Slavík
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP125060
- DOI -
- Views 93
- Downloads 0
The role of Rituals in Education
The study reports on relations between the field of so-called ritual studies and the educational sphere. The author points out the relations between rituals and the process of human shaping and learning, the state of rit...
School Education and Political Extremism
This article deals with role of school education in the context of policy against political extremism and with the description of various forms of pedagogic activities in this field. It explains the role of pedagogical...
Curriculum Reform in Upper-Secondary Comprehensive Schools: Research Findings and Recommendations
The paper presents the main research findings and recommendations concerning the implementation of curricular reform in upper-secondary comprehensive schools. The authors analyse ten problem areas of curricular reform,...
Role pragmatické kompetence ve výuce češtiny jako cizího jazyka a utváření sociální identity
V textu představujeme nový, širší pohled na souvislost mezi komunikací a integrací, který osvojování jazyka vnímá na pozadí utváření sociální identity. K tomuto osvojování dochází v průběhu rozvoje pragmatické kompeten...
Mnohotvarý fenomén animace Pokus o rozdělení animace na základě východisek a cílového zaměření jednotlivých typů animace
Slovo animace se používá v různých souvislostech (film, divadlo, počítače, kultura). Předmětem této studie je animace v kontextu sociální pedagogiky, sociální práce a pastorace. Význam animace pro pedagogiku spočívá v...