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The Role of curriculum resources in three countries: the impact of national curriculum reforms in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Australia

This project examines the impact of standards-based and curriculum
reforms on the role of materials in educational systems in the United
Kingdom, the United States of America, and Australia. The project focused
on identifying activities undertaken by publishing companies and in
educational systems to develop, select and use materials in the context of
standards-based and curriculum reforms by investigating: (1) research
literature about the publishing industry, the policies controlling the
adoption of materials, and the patterns influencing the use of materials in
schools in the United States; (2) the perceptions of educational publishers
about the impact of these reforms on the new materials developed by their
companies to meet the needs of schools in implementing these reforms; (3)
the impact of national curriculum reforms in the United Kingdom on the
materials� marketplace; (4) the impact of the national standards movement
in the United States on the materials� marketplace; (5) the impact of state
standards in the United States on various aspects relating to materials
designed to support these reforms; (6) the impact of national curriculum
collaboration in Australia on the materials� marketplace; and (7) the impact
of state and territory curricula in Australia on various aspects relating to
materials designed to support these reforms. The report concludes by
applying categories defined in a typology to classify various activities
relating to the development, selection and use of materials identified in
educational publishing and educational systems in the United Kingdom, the
United States and Australia. Samples and questionnaires relating to surveys
and a bibliography are appended.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/218656
Date January 2004
CreatorsWatt, Michael G, n/a
PublisherUniversity of Canberra. Education & Community Studies
Source SetsAustraliasian Digital Theses Program
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Rights), Copyright Michael G Watt

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