This successful text provides an overview of the major areas of curriculum theory. It offers teachers, student teachers and others the kind of understanding they need as a basis for the planning and execution of their work. Such an awareness has become even more important since The Curriculum was first published, because of the increased understanding which has been acquired in the intervening years, and the accelerating shift towards more centralised control of the curriculum, resulting in the 1988 Education Act and the establishment of The National Curriculum in the United Kingdom.
The revisions which the author has made to this third edition reflect and take account of major changes in the educational climate.
