Curriculum Rationing in England: The Emerging Post-16 Triage Serving Capital - Brossura

Bunnell, Tristan

 
9783845472652: Curriculum Rationing in England: The Emerging Post-16 Triage Serving Capital

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The post-16 examination and curriculum field in England has changed radically. The previously hegemonic A-Level has been joined by the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, Cambridge Pre-U, AQA Baccalaureate, and the Government’s own Diplomas. This has been attacked as a ‘cluttered’ field and an unnecessary duplication of resources with critics identifying the need to revamp A-Level or introduce another unitary award. However, an alternative viewpoint can be offered, seeing the ‘crowded’ field as reflecting the complex changing needs of Capital. Resources must be re-allocated (a form of educational triage, or rationing). What appears is a broad spectrum of curriculum provision separating the elite global worker (the ‘knowledge worker’) from the mass of ‘knowledgeable workers’. This book paints a picture of education in England in 2020 and will be of interest to researchers involved in contemporary curriculum developments in England, especially the growth of the International Baccalaureate among elite private schools, and the emerging role of Swedish-style ‘free schools’ and independent state-funded Academies.

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L'autore

Tristan Bunnell PhD obtained his doctorate in international education from the University of Southampton in 2003. He has been teaching International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme economics at the Copenhagen International School since 2004, following a 14-year period at the International School of London.

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