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ERIC Number: ED274096
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 27
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Thirty Years of School Based Curriculum Development: A Case Study.
Ben-Peretz, Miriam; Dor, Ben Zion
A study of one school's involvement in school-based curriculum development (SBCD) for nearly 30 years provided researchers with information on the factors affecting the success of SBCD programs. The school studied serves 3,500 students in 12 grades at several sites in an Israeli city. Following interviews with faculty members, the researchers formulated and distributed a questionnaire requesting detailed data on 28 school-based curriculum projects and 44 curriculum units developed through such projects. Twelve department heads responded to the questionnaire. The information sought included the reasons for using SBCD, identification of the agents and resources behind curriculum development, the nature of the development process, the involvement of external agencies, the character of implementation policies, and the viability of the curriculum. In general, the findings suggested that for SBCD to be a viable process the school must have a unique ethos and a distinct school philosophy and must also have the power to maintain pedagogic and economic autonomy. This report achieves the following: (1) cites the goals of the study (including obtaining the information noted above, developing a naturalistic model, and discerning possible contributions of SBCD to the educational system at large); (2) reviews the literature; (3) discusses the study methodology and findings; and (4) compares the findings with established theory. Fifteen references, two figures, and a table are provided. (PGD)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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