TY  - BOOK
AU  - White, J. P.
TI  - Towards a compulsory curriculum
SN  - 0710076800
U1  - 375 WHI 
PY  - 1973///
CY  - LOndon
PB  - Routledge & Kegan Paul
KW  -  Education
KW  - Curricula
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Education
KW  -  Great Britain
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Written prior to the introduction of the national curriculum, this volume argued for precisely that: a broad framework of a compulsory education at national level for all schools. The author considers the question of the content of his proposed compulsory curriculum in terms of principles derived from a fundamental ethical position and from an analysis of kinds of human activity that seeks to establish important educational priorities. The discussion covers arguments concerning intrinsically worthwhile activities, the need for a practical component of the curriculum and the priority that humanistic studies should have. It puts forward a case for a new concept of voluntary education, partly on the model of the Pioneer organizations of Eastern Europe, to supplement the compulsory curriculum.


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