Lecturers' Perceptions of the Influence of Ideas on the Curriculum of Colleges of Education

S ummary . Using data arising from ratings by lecturers in seven colleges of education for ‘actual,’ ‘ideal’ and ‘change in’ influence, this article explores the degree of influence which 20 relevant ideas are considered to have on the operational curriculum of the college; on what in fact, students are taught. It also attempts tentatively an analysis of the structure of the influences and a description of the media which each sub‐system of influences employs. Results suggest that progressive, child‐centred ideas are most influential both actually and ideally, and are likely to remain so, and that the ideas fall into discernible groupings each of which may play some part in influencing courses of study in colleges

Curriculum · Epistemology · Ideal (ethics) · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Perception · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Philosophy · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies