Brant, J;
Chapman, AJ;
Isaacs, T;
(2016)
International instructional systems: social studies.
Curriculum Journal
10.1080/09585176.2015.1134340.
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Abstract
This paper reports on research conducted as part of the International Instructional System Study that explored five subject areas across nine jurisdictions in six high-performing countries. The Study’s overall aim was to understand what, if anything, there is in common in the curricula and assessment arrangements among the high-performing jurisdictions to see if there are aspects of instructional system design that might account, in part, for high performance. This paper focuses on social studies which in most jurisdictions includes elements of history, geography and citizenship and highlights a number of emerging issues. These include the advantages and disadvantages of teaching history and geography separately or within a social studies programme; the extent to which key concepts are embedded within the social studies/history/geography curricula; whether the level of demand should be considered in terms of a generic taxonomy or in terms of subject specific models; how progression might be defined and considerations of an appropriate balance between teacher assessment and external assessment.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | International instructional systems: social studies |
| Location: | UK |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09585176.2015.1134340 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585176.2015.1134340 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Curriculum Journal on 26/02/16, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09585176.2015.1134340. |
| Keywords: | Education reform, Social studies, History, Geography, Citizenship, National Curriculum, International Instructional System Study, Center for International Education Benchmarking |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475790 |
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