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Education is one of the three institutions that are regarded as typifying social and cultural life in Scotland. The other two are the law and the church. International audiences frequently and mistakenly assume that education is supplied in a uniform manner across the United Kingdom. The Scottish tradition—its present provision and future directions—is, however, markedly different from the educational traditions of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Bryce and Humes (2008, 33–46) describe the distinctive nature of education in Scotland in the contexts of parental choice, school improvement, testing, examinations and curriculum, multiprofessional approaches toward supporting children in schools, school board structures, and additional support plans. The curriculum is provided in the form of “guidelines” (Hulme et al. 2009, 1) rather than by statute, a significant tradition that further distinguishes Scottish education from the statutory control that is applied elsewhere in the United Kingdom. However, most schools do follow the advice the guidelines offer.
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Souter, N. (2014). Scotland. In: Vlaardingerbroek, B., Taylor, N. (eds) Issues in Upper Secondary Science Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137275967_12
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