Curriculum Renewal: Barriers to Successful Curriculum Change and Suggestions for Improvement

Twelve tips for curriculum renewal.

BACKGROUND Curriculum development in the health sciences usually entails a lengthy, in-depth review of most or all aspects of the curriculum. The review usually leads to the generation of a detailed report that is submitted to the Dean or executive committee of the faculty. Much has been written about the process of curriculum development but very little has been written about the important pro...

Evaluation , Curriculum Renewal , and Teacher Development

The Australian Language Levels (ALL) Project offers a coherent model for elementary and secondary language curriculum design. Book 4 of the four-volume series discusser espects of curriculum change and inservice teacher education, emphasizing the fact that curriculum and staff development are ongoing processes. A section on implementing curriculum change looks at trends and directions in curric...

What Drives Curriculum Change?

While promotional literature about computer science programs may claim that curricula are determined by the needs of the students and by international best practice, the reality is often different. In this paper we reflect on the factors underlying curriculum change in computer science departments and schools, from institutional requirements and financial pressures to purely academic considerat...

Constructing the Curriculum: National Curriculum, Teachers' practice & Change

Taking a Community Approach to Curriculum Change