Better Science 5: How to Plan and Manage the Curriculum

How to Plan and Manage the Curriculum was the fifth in a series of 12 booklets published by Heinemann and the Association for Science Education to explore the issues arising from moving towards a broad and balanced science education for all young people.

Contents
Introduction: the issues
SECTION ONE Consultation and negotiation
*Inhibitors of change
*Who should be involved in negotiating the curriculum?
*Does consultation and negotiation lead to agreement and harmony?
*Before consultation starts
SECTION TWO How much time for science?
*DES recommendations
*The SSCR view
*Implications for the more able students
*Implications for the less able and the poorly motivated
*How should the students spend their time?
*Resource implications
*Implications for the timetabler
SECTION THREE The place of science in the school timetable
*Criteria for effective timetabling
*In search of solutions - some schools' answers
*A verdict on the options system
*So what are the alternatives?
*Timetabling for links across the curriculum - technology as a coordinating theme
SECTION FOUR Designing the framework
*Strategy and tactics
*A closer look at some of the factors
SECTION FIVE Organisation of the subject matter
*The need for a common curriculum and its implications
*Selecting an organisational model
*What GCSE mode 1 syllabuses are available?
SECTION SIX Programming the learning -linear or modular courses?
*Linear courses
*Modular courses
*Towards a modular curriculum
*A caveat
SECTION SEVEN Contexts for science learning
SECTION EIGHT Current and future trends
*A summary of LEA statements on curriculum policy
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