The curriculum as alchemy
School and the struggle for cultural space
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12285397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Felicity Armstrong (a University of Sheffield , United Kingdom, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 145-160 |
| Publication date | 1998-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Curriculum Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0965-9757 • E-ISSN: 1747-5104 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14681369800200030 |
| OpenAlex | W2095197651 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article examines the impact of the introduction of the National Curriculum (England and Wales) and standardised assessment procedures on the culture and curriculum of a large culturally diverse secondary school in London during the period 1993-1995. It examines the processes through which centrally controlled definitions of knowledge and its assessment are imposed on teachers and learners through state control of curricula and assessment in a market led system of education. Drawing on material from interviews with teachers, it discusses the incursion of the state into the daily life and culture of a particular school. It uses the imagery of alchemy to question the hegemonic role of a national curriculum in crushing the expression of cultural difference and excluding other possible curricula which recognise and celebrate the knowledge and experience which pupils bring with them into school
Alchemy · Curriculum · Hegemony · Mathematics education · National curriculum · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · History · Law · Psychology
Education reform
Education and Power
Knowledge and control
Racism, Culture, Markets
A Shorter History of Science
Celebrating Naivety
Ideology, Epistemology, Pedagogy and the National Curriculum for Science
Citizenship, ‘Race’ and the Hidden Curriculum
Entitled to What? Control and Autonomy in School
Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture
Racism and Reform
Reproduction in education, society, and culture
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2012 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |