Curriculum: Construction and Critique

Although curriculum is central to the schooling process, debates about it are rarely well informed.

Over the past 10 years, there has been a dearth of books that have informed the debate by examining curriculum in a broader context, beyond the National Curriculum.

In this re-examination of the area, the author opens up a more general debate on how the curriculum is shaped and the compromises made between different ideologies of the nature and purpose of education.