Framing Curriculum Discursively: Theoretical Perspectives on the Experience of VCE Physics.

Hart, Christina

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Publication Date: 2002

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Framing Curriculum Discursively: Theoretical Perspectives on the Experience of VCE Physics.

Hart, Christina

International Journal of Science Education, v24 n10 p1055-77 Oct 2002

Recounts an experience of developing a new course for school physics in the state of Victoria in Australia at the end of the 1980s. Represents a significant departure from traditional physics courses and was intended to broaden participation and improve the quality of student learning. Explores the reasons for this outcome. (Contains 55 references.) (Author/YDS)

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies, Epistemology, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Learning, Physics, Science Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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