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