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Whether we look across or within societies, the importance of the school curriculum is unmistakable. School curriculum takes many forms—a social construct, an official document, a teacher’s plan, or a student’s experience. However, it can be all of these things at once, which is why separating these different forms of curriculum is not always easy.
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Kennedy, K.J. (2013). Shaping the School Curriculum in Chinese Societies. In: Law, E.HF., Li, C. (eds) Curriculum Innovations in Changing Societies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-359-1_1
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