The aim of this thesis is to develop a model for the
analysis of curriculum structure and organisation in
Australian secondary schools and to apply a computer
formulation of the model to two case studies. The model
proposes the construction of indicators of curriculum provision
and teacher workload using the raw data provided by school
timetables and class lists. This in turn leads to the idea of
standardising curriculum structure in a way that will enable
comparisons to be made between different schools, the same
school with different timetables or between school
substructures such as year groups.
Limitations and advantages of this approach are explored
through an analysis of the concepts of modelling, information
and organisation. It is proposed that this view of curriculum
implies an evaluation perspective that focusses on school
improvement as a process of informed criticism and collective
decision-making.
Several applications of curriculum analysis are suggested
including the setting of specific goals for school improvement
programmes, industrial applications in the area of workloads
and a scheme for the classification and standardised
description of curriculum plans.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/218930 |
| Date | January 1986 |
| Creators | Fergusson, Andrew L., n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Andrew L. Fergusson |
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