Specified, enacted, and experienced curricula

These notes are part of a series for the book.

McCormick, R., and Murphy, P. (2000) ‘Curriculum: The Case for a Focus on Learning’, in Murphy, P. and Hall, K. (eds) (2008) Learning and Practice: Agency and Identities, London, SAGE Publications Ltd. 

Outline

  1. Introduction
  2. Contemporary views of learning: two approaches to mind
  3. Views of knowledge and views of learning
    1. The nature of knowledge
    2. Metaphors
    3. Types of knowledge
  4. Implications for view of the curriculum
    1. Knowledge
    2. Assessment
    3. Nature of tasks
    4. Self-assessment
    5. Validity
    6. Pedagogy
  5. Implications for curriculum issues
    1. Problem-solving
    2. Transfer
    3. Group work
  6. Lifelong learning and a more radical view of curriculum