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The chapter centres on developing the ‘paradigm of one’ metaphor and its purpose to describe the traditional structure of learning the school is disrupting. The chapter explains the basis of the school’s curriculum structure and the influence of timetables as structures in schools. Bourdieu’s concept of ‘structuring structures’ has influenced the way the chapter frames its ideas. One structure fundamental to the fabric of the school is the Learning Design Model and its role in module design and ways in which teaching teams can operate. The chapter ends with an illustration of the way subject English contributed to a module integrated with Technology and Mathematics.
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