Series introduction

Acknowledgements

Perspectives on the context of curriculum

Bob Moon

Patricia Murphy

Section 1 Historical Perspectives

Constructing the concept of curriculum on the Wisconsin frontier: how school restructuring sustained a pedagogical revolution

Herbert M. Kliebard

Movers and shakers: high politics and the origins of the English National Curriculum

Tony Taylor

Technical education and state formation in nineteenth-century England and France

Andy Green

Assessment and the emergence of modern society

Patricia Broadfoot

Section 2 Cultural Perspectives

Values and aims in curriculum and assessment frameworks: a 16-nation review

Joanna Le Metais

`Quality' in early childhood programmes - a contextually appropriate approach

Martin Woodhead

Valid knowledge and the problem of practical arts curricula

Theodore Lewis

Culture, mind, and education

Jerome Bruner

Section 3 Change Perspectives

Vision and constraint in curriculum change: a case study of South African secondary school principals

Ken Harley

Volker Wedekind

Recent curriculum change in post-Pinochet Chile

Ruth Aedo-Richmond

Mark Richmond

Curriculum development and new information technology

Robert McCormick

Race, culture, and curriculum development in the USA: a study of the process of introducing a multicultural dimension into the curriculum

Crain Soudien

Principles for reflecting on the curriculum in France

Pierre Bourdieu

Getting to scale with good educational practice

Richard F. Elmore

Index