Curriculum Making in Europe: Policy and Practice Within and Across Diverse Contexts

Propelled by pressing demands for particular forms of citizenship and pressure to boost economic competiveness, in the context of profound social, political and technological changes, recent global trends in education have included the emergence of new forms of curriculum policy. Addressing a gap in the literature, this book investigates the ways in which curriculum policy is influenced, formulated, and enacted in a number of countries-cases in Europe, amidst such global dynamics.
Exploring curriculum policy and practice across the European geopolitical context, this important collection uses the concept of 'curriculum making' as an analytical tool to explore the processes and phases of curriculum policy reform experienced across countries. Drawing first on international perspectives and then presenting a series of country case studies, written by internationally recognised curriculum specialists, the chapters utilize a common conceptual framework for understanding curriculum making as an activity that occurs across multiple layers of educational systems.
By mobilizing the concept of curriculum making, the editors uncover how practices emerge from a continual interplay of the global and local. Concluding with a comparative analysis of the contextual factors that shape curricular practices in different contexts, this book is a must-have resource for educational policy makers and researchers across the globe.