Teaching the past in the United Kingdom's schools

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ID3596281
AuthorsDon Henson (Council for British Archaeology, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume74
Issue283
Pages137-141
Publication date2000-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003598x00066242
OpenAlexW2585698784
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited2

Contrary to popular opinion, there is no national curriculum in schools in the United Kingdom. Instead, there are four separate curricula for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. These cover education in state-funded schools between the ages of 5 and 16. The curricula in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, whose school and university systems share the same basic framework, are structured in similar ways, use similar jargon and are statutory (they lay down the minimum that has to be taught). The Scottish school and higher education system, however, has always been distinctive. The curriculum in Scotland is structured along very different lines and takes the form of non-statutory guidelines. Differences between the curricula may well increase in future since education is part of the responsibilities being transferred to the new devolved parliament/assemblies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Archaeology · Curriculum · Devolution (biology) · Ethnology · Kingdom · Local education authority · Media studies · National curriculum · Northern ireland · Parliament · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Statutory law · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law · Public Administration · Scottish History and National Identity

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