{"id":159,"date":"2022-06-21T11:45:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T10:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningtoteach.routledge.com\/?p=159"},"modified":"2022-06-21T11:45:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T10:45:39","slug":"chapter-7-the-school-curriculum-and-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/learningtoteach\/chapter-7-the-school-curriculum-and-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 7: The School, Curriculum and Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div id=\"chapter-header-block_62cd5a22eceff\" class=\"chapter-header\">\n\t<div class=\"chapter-header-content\">\n        <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumb\"><div class=\"container-fluid\"><a href=\"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/learningtoteach\">Home<\/a> <span class=\"divider\">&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<\/span> <\/div><\/nav>                \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\" id=\"anchor-1-chapter-7-the-school-curriculum-and-society\">Chapter 7: The School, Curriculum and Society<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"readmore-block--block_62e38d2e6bf27\" class=\"readmore-block\">\n\n        \n        \n\n<p>Chapter 7 is about the school, curriculum and society. It has 6 units, covering the aims of education, the secondary school curriculum and then individual units providing detail of the different curricula for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The explainer video summarises these six key areas to provide an overview of the chapter and the similarities and differences between the approaches to curriculum in each of the four nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To support unit 7.1 we provide a link to the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain &#8211; Explore the debates in the IMPACT pamphlets, which bring philosophical perspectives to bear on current education policy in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To support unit 7.2 we provide a link to Gillard\u2019s History of Education timeline and an overview of curriculum theory from the interactive MESH guide to curriculum, as well as a UCL report <em>What Should Schools Teach?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To support units 7.3 to 7.6 we provide the chapters as exclusive digital downloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n\n<div id=\"video-card-block_62cd5a3fecf00\" class=\"video-card\">\n    <div class=\"card-block-video\">\n    \n            <div class=\"js-player\" data-plyr-provider=\"youtube\" data-plyr-embed-id=\"6D942KX-dqM\"><\/div>\n        \n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"card-body\">\n    \n\t\n        <h4>The School, Curriculum and Society<\/h4>\n                    <p>Similarities and differences between approaches to the curriculum across the UK.<\/p>\n        \t<\/div>\n    <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anchor-2-7-1-aims-of-education\">7.1 Aims of Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<div id=\"content-card-block_62fa39e5b62c9\" class=\"card content-card\">\n    <span>Webpage<\/span>\n    <div class=\"card-body\">\n        \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anchor-3-philosophy-of-education-society-of-great-britain\">Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore the debates in the IMPACT pamphlets bring philosophical perspectives to bear on current education policy in the UK \u2013 from the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philosophy-of-education.org\/impact\/\">https:\/\/www.philosophy-of-education.org\/impact\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anchor-4-7-2-the-secondary-school-curriculum\">7.2 The Secondary School Curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<div id=\"content-card-block_62fa39f9b62ca\" class=\"card content-card\">\n    <span>Weblinks<\/span>\n    <div class=\"card-body\">\n        \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anchor-5-history-of-education-timeline\">History of Education timeline<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>See the History of Education timeline (Gillard, 2018; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationengland.org.uk\/history\/timeline.html\">http:\/\/www.educationengland.org.uk\/history\/timeline.html<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anchor-6-mesh-guide-and-what-should-schools-teach-edited-by-alka-sehgal-cuthbert-and-alex-standish\">MESH guide and <em>What Should Schools Teach? <\/em>edited by Alka Sehgal Cuthbert and Alex Standish<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For an overview of curriculum theory, use the MESH guide: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meshguides.org\/guides\/node\/777\">http:\/\/www.meshguides.org\/guides\/node\/777<\/a> and this free download: <a href=\"https:\/\/discovery.ucl.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/10118307\/1\/What-Should-Schools-Teach.pdf\">https:\/\/discovery.ucl.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/10118307\/1\/What-Should-Schools-Teach.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anchor-7-secondary-schools-in-uk-governance-policy-and-curriculum\">Secondary Schools in UK: Governance, Policy and Curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<div id=\"content-card-block_62fa3a14b62cb\" class=\"card content-card\">\n    <span>Downloads<\/span>\n    <div class=\"card-body\">\n        \n\n<p>Units 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6 provide detail of the different curricula for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. They are provided in full here. Review the relevant chapter \u2013 the explainer video above gives a useful overview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"btn btn-download\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/s3-euw1-ap-pe-ws4-cws-documents.ri-prod\/learningtoteach\/downloads\/7.3-Secondary-Schools-in-England-Governance%2C-Policy-and-Curriculum.pdf\">Download 7.3 Secondary Schools in England: Governance, Policy and Curriculum<\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"btn btn-download\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/s3-euw1-ap-pe-ws4-cws-documents.ri-prod\/learningtoteach\/downloads\/7.4-Secondary-schools-in-Northern-Ireland-Governance-Policy-and-Curriculum.pdf\">Download 7.4 Secondary Schools in Northern Ireland: Governance Policy and Curriculum<\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"btn btn-download\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/s3-euw1-ap-pe-ws4-cws-documents.ri-prod\/learningtoteach\/downloads\/7.5-Secondary-Schools-in-Scotland-Governance-Policy-and-Curriculum.pdf\">Download 7.5 Secondary Schools in Scotland: Governance Policy and Curriculum<\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"btn btn-download\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/s3-euw1-ap-pe-ws4-cws-documents.ri-prod\/learningtoteach\/downloads\/7.6-Secondary-Schools-in-Wales-Governance-Policy-and-Curriculum.pdf\">Download 7.6 Secondary Schools in Wales: Governance Policy and Curriculum<\/a>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7.1 Aims of Education 7.2 The Secondary School Curriculum Secondary Schools in UK: Governance, Policy and Curriculum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-chapter.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/learningtoteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/learningtoteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/learningtoteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/learningtoteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/learningtoteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/learningtoteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/learningtoteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/learningtoteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/learningtoteach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}