TY - BOOK AU - Moon,Bob AU - Murphy,Patricia AU - Moon,Bob AU - Murphy,Patricia AU - Open University ED - Open University. TI - Curriculum in context SN - 9781853964237 (pbk.) : U1 - 375 CUR PY - 1999/// CY - London PB - Paul Chapman KW - Education KW - Curricula KW - Educational evaluation KW - ukslc KW - Curriculum planning & development KW - thema KW - Education: examinations & assessment N1 - Published in association with The Open University; Includes bibliographical references and index; Perspectives on the Context of Curriculum - Bob Moon and Patricia Murphy PART ONE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Constructing the Concept of Curriculum on the Wisconsin Frontier - Herbert M Kliebard How School Restructuring Sustained a Pedagogical Revolution Movers and Shakers - Tony Taylor High Politics and the Origins of the English National Curriculum Technical Education and State Formation in Nineteenth-Century England and France - Andy Green Assessment and the Emergence of Modern Society - Patricia Broadfoot PART TWO: CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES Values and Aims in Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks - Joanna Le M[ac]etais A 16-Nation Review \'Quality\' in Early Childhood Programmes - Martin Woodhead A Contextually Appropriate Approach Valid Knowledge and the Problem of Practical Arts Curricula - Theodore Lewis Culture, Mind, and Education - Jerome Bruner PART THREE: CHANGE PERSPECTIVES Vision and Constraint in Curriculum Change - Ken Harley and Volker Wedekind A Case Study of South African Secondary School Principals Recent Curriculum Change in Post-Pinochet Chile - Ruth Aedo-Richmond and Mark Richmond Curriculum Development and New Information Technology - Robert McCormick Race, Culture, and Curriculum Development in the USA - Crain Soudien A Study of the Process of Introducing a Multicultural Dimension into the Curriculum Principles for Reflecting on the Curriculum in France - Pierre Bourdieu Getting to Scale with Good Educational Practice - Richard F Elmore N2 - Curriculum in Context introduces the reader to historical, political, social and cultural influences that contribute to curriculum assessment development ER -