TY  - BOOK
AU  - White,J.P.
TI  - Towards a compulsory curriculum
SN  - 9780415670128
U1  - 375.00942 WHI 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Education and state
KW  - Education
KW  - Curricula
KW  - Great Britain
KW  -  Standards
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Great Britain.
N1  - Bibliography 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 hu
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