Covers issues about curricula and assessment and shows how to develop and plan lessons within a structured curriculum. Also contains insights into the Australian national curriculum debate and possible outcomes. Author from University of Sydney, Australia.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CASE STUDIES; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; PREFACE; 1. Towards some definitions; 2. Conflicting ideologies: objectives or outcomes?; 3. Implementing the curriculum: a question of quality; 4. Evaluation and Assessment storylines; 5. Inequity of educational opportunity: a never ending story; 6. Gendered curriculum stories; 7. The national curriculum storyline; 8. Stories of curriculum reform; 9. Curriculum and assessment futures; 9. The reflection storyline: bringing the stories together