Narrowing the Curriculum? Contemporary Trends in Provision and Attainment in the Scottish Curriculum

Autor/inn/en	Shapira, Marina; Priestley, Mark
Titel	Narrowing the Curriculum? Contemporary Trends in Provision and Attainment in the Scottish Curriculum
Quelle	In: Scottish Educational Review, 50 (2018) 1, S.75-107 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-9072
Schlagwörter	National Curriculum; Trend Analysis; Educational Attainment; Excellence in Education; Dropouts; Foreign Countries; School Districts; Educational Change; Secondary School Students; Course Selection (Students); Educational Trends; Modern Languages; Language Enrollment; Enrollment Trends; English; Art Education; STEM Education; Vocational Education; Social Sciences; Classical Languages; Exit Examinations; Academic Achievement; United Kingdom (Scotland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Trendanalyse; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Lernerfolg; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Ausland; School district; Schulbezirk; Bildungsreform; Sekundarschüler; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Bildungsentwicklung; Gegenwartssprache; English language; Englisch; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; STEM; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; Schulleistung
Abstract	This paper forms the first part of research into the phenomenon of curriculum narrowing within Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence (CfE). It presents findings from a preliminary analysis of publicly available data -- Scottish Qualifications and school leavers' attainment data, aggregated by local authorities. Our findings show that the senior phase curriculum is becoming narrower. Fewer subjects are being taken in school year S4 for levels 4 and 5 National Qualifications. Yet, we found that the phenomenon of curriculum narrowing is more nuanced and complex than has been claimed. Attainment at SCQF levels 4-6 has risen since the introduction of the CfE and new national qualifications. The increase in the SCQF level 6 qualifications was particularly noticeable in more deprived local authorities. We acknowledge that the coarse grained nature of the available data makes our findings provisional; further phases of this research will address this through analysis of school level data. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Scottish Educational Review. School of Education, University of Edinburgh, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AQ, Scotland, UK. e-mail: ser@stir.ac.uk; Website: http://www.scotedreview.org.uk
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01