Downgraded curriculum? An analysis of knowledge in new curricula in Scotland and New Zealand

The development, since 2000, of new National Curricula across the Anglophone world signals a number of policy trends, including: a move from the explicit specification of content towards a more generic, skills-based approach; a greater emphasis on the centrality of the learner; and [ostensibly] greater autonomy for teachers in developing the curriculum in school. These policy shifts have attracted some criticism, especially from social realist writers, who claim that the new curricula downgrade knowledge. This paper offers a contribution to this debate; an empirically-based analysis of two new curricula, New Zealand’s Curriculum Framework and Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence. We conclude that, while these curricula continue to accord considerable importance to knowledge in their statements of policy intent, the social realist critique is at least partially justified, since both curricula are characterised by a lack of coherence and mixed messages about the place of knowledge

Strong and weak constraint variational assimilations for reduced order fluid flow modeling

International audienceIn this work we propose and evaluate two variational data assimilation techniques for the estimation of low order surrogate experimental dynamical models for fluid flows. Both methods are built from optimal control recipes and rely on proper orthogonal decomposition and a Galerkin projection of the Navier Stokes equation. The techniques proposed di er in the control variables they involve. The first one introduces a weak dynamical model defined only up to an additional uncertainty time-dependent function whereas the second one, handles a strong dynamical constraint in which the dynamical system's coe cients constitute the control variables. Both choices correspond to di erent approximations of the relation between the reduced basis on which is expressed the motion field and the basis components that have been neglected in the reduced order model construction. The techniques have been assessed on numerical data and for real experimental conditions with noisy Image Velocimetry data

Hacia una Europa diferente : respuestas educativas a la interculturalidad

Ponencias del seminario del CIDE/CIDREE celebrado en Madrid los días 13 y 14 de junio de 2002El tema central de las ponencias es la inmigración y las minorías étnicas en la educación. Las ponencias se agrupan en tres amplios apartados. La primera tiene una perspectiva internacional y, tras él, se exponen siete ponencias nacionales de países de la Unión Europea (Austria, Inglaterra, Alemania, Hungría, los Países Bajos, Suecia y Gales). El 3 analiza cuatro maneras diferentes sobre cómo algunas Comunidades Autónomas de España han adaptado el marco estatal para satisfacer cuestiones locales. Por su naturaleza, estas cuatro últimas ponencias ofrecen una visión más detallada de las políticas y de sus planes de implementación.Ministerio Educación CIDEBiblioteca de Educación del Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte; Calle San Agustín 5 -3 Planta; 28014 Madrid; Tel. +34917748000; [email protected]

The Palaeontology of Browsing and Grazing

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