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I discuss a number of features of world-wide science curriculum development, including the extent to which each development is local and specific, the relationship to issues and ideologies current at the time, the question of ‘top-down’ versus ‘bottom-up’ development, the role of didactic inventions and creativity, the relationship of development to research, and the question of ownership.
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- Science Curriculum
- Curriculum Development
- Curriculum Change
- Nuffield Foundation
- Biological Science Curriculum Study
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Ogborn, J. (2005). 40 Years of Curriculum Development. In: Boersma, K., Goedhart, M., de Jong, O., Eijkelhof, H. (eds) Research and the Quality of Science Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3673-6_5
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