Hollins, M;
Reiss, MJ;
(2016)
A review of the school science curricula in eleven high achieving jurisdictions.
The Curriculum Journal
, 27
(1)
pp. 80-94.
10.1080/09585176.2016.1147968.
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Abstract
The last two decades have seen unprecedented interest in science curricula, with many governments seeing improvements in the performance of their school students in science as key to future economic prosperity. We present the results of an analysis of the curriculum documents for primary and secondary science in Australia (New South Wales and Queensland), Canada (Alberta and Ontario), Finland, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and the United States (Florida and Massachusetts). Beyond our specific findings, we note a degree of convergence across these 11 very different jurisdictions. The Asian ones have made and are making changes to encourage students to be more creative and better able to apply their science knowledge and develop their scientific literacy; the ‘Western’ ones are becoming more knowledge focused.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A review of the school science curricula in eleven high achieving jurisdictions |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09585176.2016.1147968 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585176.2016.1147968 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The Curriculum Journal on 21 March 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09585176.2016.1147968. |
| Keywords: | School science, curricula, assessment, International Instructional Systems Study |
| 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 |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1493233 |
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