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Twining, P., Butler, D., Fisser, P., Leahy, M., Shelton, C., Forget-Dubois, N., & Lacasse, M. (2020). Developing a quality curriculum in a technological era. Educational technology research and development : ETR & D, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-020-09857-3
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Twining P, Butler D, Fisser P, Leahy M, Shelton C, Forget-Dubois N, Lacasse M. Developing a quality curriculum in a technological era. Educ Technol Res Dev. 2020 Nov 11;1-24. doi: 10.1007/s11423-020-09857-3. Epub 2020 Nov 11. PMID: 33199951; PMCID: PMC7657067.
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Educ Technol Res Dev. 2020 Nov 11;1-24. doi: 10.1007/s11423-020-09857-3. Epub 2020 Nov 11.

Developing a quality curriculum in a technological era.

Educational technology research and development : ETR & D

Peter Twining, Deirdre Butler, Petra Fisser, Margaret Leahy, Chris Shelton, Nadine Forget-Dubois, Michel Lacasse

Affiliations

  1. School of Education, The University of Newcastle, Hunter Building, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia.
  2. School of STEM Education, Innovation & Global Studies, DCU Institute of Education, St Patrick's Campus, Drumconda, Dublin Ireland.
  3. College of Health Care of ROC van Twente, Hengelo, The Netherlands.
  4. University of Chichester, Bognor Regis Campus, Bognor Regis, Upper Bognor Road, West Sussex, UK.
  5. Conseil Supérieur de L'éducation, Gouvernement du Québec, Québec, QC Canada.
  6. Université Laval, Department of Foundations and Practices in Education, Québec, QC Canada.

PMID: 33199951 PMCID: PMC7657067 DOI: 10.1007/s11423-020-09857-3

Abstract

There is considerable rhetoric internationally around the need for national curricula to reflect the changes that are taking place in the world outside school. This raises questions about what a quality curriculum in a technological era should look like, and equally challenging issues about how to achieve the necessary changes in schooling in order for such a curriculum to be realised. This paper summarises the views of 11 experts from seven countries. It introduces a sociocultural framework that highlights the complexity of achieving alignment between policies and practice spanning the national to local school to classroom levels. Three key issues that underpin alignment are then explored, each of which link with the issue of trust:stakeholders engagement;teacher professionalism;summative assessment. By exploring and exemplifying these three issues the paper indicates potential ways of addressing them and provides 'tools to think with' to enhance future curriculum development initiatives.

© Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2020.

Keywords: Alignment; Assessment; Curriculum; Partnership; Schools; Teacher professionalism; Trust

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