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ERIC Number: EJ546716
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0267-1522
The Implementation of a National Curriculum and Teachers' Classroom Thinking.
Swann, Joanna; Brown, Sally
Research Papers in Education: Policy and Practice, v12 n1 p91-114 Mar 1997
This study examined the impact of Scotland's national curriculum for students ages 5-14 on: teachers' constructs of their teaching, assumptions about students' learning, and interpretations of and accommodations for student differences. Observations and interviews indicated that teachers had not internalized distinctive curriculum features in their daily classroom thinking. (SM)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Program Implementation, Science Education, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Expectations of Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Curriculum Implementation; Scotland; Teacher Thinking