The review of the literature, which constitutes the first two
chapters of the study, traces the movement towards the development
of an autonomous ACT education system and the development within that
movement of a philosophy of devolution of decision-making to individual
schools within the larger ACT system.
In particular the Currie, Neal-Radford, Campbell and Hughes Reports
have been drawn upon rather extensively to illustrate, not only the
arguments being put forward for the adoption of a philosophy of school-based
curriculum development, but also the rather strong proposals for
extensive systemic support services for schools, especially in the early
years of the new system.
The second part of the literature survey discusses the possible
problems associated with the implementation of school-based curriculum
development. These problems are mostly associated with five interrelated
elements within curriculum development; manpower, activity,
materials, finance and time. Finally the literature review discusses
feelings of discontent with school-based curriculum development that
have surfaced at various parts of the system in recent times.
Ensuing chapters of the study describe the survey and discuss the
findings. The survey, which involved the completion of a questionnaire
consisting of four parts, was designed to provide information regarding
the extent to which the philosophies of school-based curriculum development
have been adopted, the effectiveness of school and systemic support,
the extent to which teachers have coped with associated problems and to
identify areas of need within the ACT education system with regard to
school-based curriculum development.
The concluding section discusses the implications of these findings
and suggests a number of areas of need within the primary sector of the
ACT Educational System that will have to be satisfied if it is not to
suffer by comparison with Australian state primary education systems in
the future.
Possible areas for future research were then suggested and the
future of school-based curriculum development in ACT primary schools
was discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/218914 |
| Date | January 1978 |
| Creators | English, K. R., n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Teacher Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright K. R. English |
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