Curriculum and Assessment (Paperback)

Curriculum and Assessment is the first volume of a new series International Perspectives on Curriculum. This edited book examines the relationship between curriculum, pedagogy and assessment, and, as with subsequent volumes, adopts a cross-sector and comparative approach. Contributors make reference to a number of important debates in the fields of curriculum and assessment: summative versus formative assessment; differentiation versus inclusion; psychometric versus holistic theorising; decontextualised versus contextualised assessment; symbol-processing versus situated learning approaches; integrated versus connected assessment; and high stakes versus low stakes assessment. The contributors come with a wide range of perspectives and from different backgrounds. The rationale for this volume is not to reach an agreement about assessment and curriculum frameworks, but to air the various debates referred to above and develop new frameworks for understanding these important issues. This volume and the series is timely as administrators and policy-makers in different parts of the world have taken an increased interest in education, and as moves to centralise curriculum provision have gathered pace. This has in some cases driven a wedge between curriculum theory and curriculum practice, as policy-makers have developed and implemented proposals without referring to academic debates about these issues. It therefore seems to be an important task to reassert the need to discuss and debate the curriculum in a critical manner before implementation occurs. This volume will attempt this difficult, but much needed, task. It is therefore addressed at policy-makers, administrators, teachers and theresearch community.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2000
First published:	December 2000
Authors:	David Scott
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-1-56750-521-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > Curriculum planning & development Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > Examinations & assessment Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > Teacher assessment
LSN:	1-56750-521-X
Barcode:	9781567505214

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