What's happened to curriculum breadth and balance in primary schools?

Harnett, Penelope; Vinney, M.

Penelope Harnett

M. Vinney

Penelope Harnett penelope.harnett@uwe.ac.uk
Editor

Publication Date	Dec 20, 2007
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Pages	120-138
Book Title	Understanding Primary Education: Developing professional attributes, knowledge and skills
ISBN	9780415399241
Keywords	curriculum, breadth, balance, primary schools
Public URL	https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1023005
Publisher URL	http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415399241/
Additional Information	Additional Information : This chapter appears in a book edited by Harnett which presents a research-based analysis of key issues and policies within contemporary education, with a focus on the agency of children. The chapter offers an analysis of key primary policy texts from 1988 to the present. It indicates how successive polices interpreted the notion of a broad and balanced curriculum. The chapter draws upon case studies of primary schools to examine current interpretations of breadth and balance. Harnett was responsible for 80% of this chapter.