Jenny Byrne ( MaSE) and Chris Downey (LSIE) have been successful in publishing a suite of four papers in The Curriculum Journal 2013, volume 24. The papers are based on the findings of their research project that explored the implementation of a competence-based curriculum in four secondary schools. The papers considered the barriers and affordances to the implementation of competence-based curriculum across key educational issues, namely; planning, teaching and learning and leadership and management, the introductory paper outlines the theoretical rationale for such curricula.
Further information is available should you wish to contact jenny email j.byrne@soton.ac.uk
Downey, C., Byrne, J. and Souza, A. (2013). Researching the competence-based curriculum: preface to a case study of four urban secondary schools. The Curriculum Journal, 24, 3, 321-334.
Byrne, J. Downey, C. and Souza, A. (2013). Planning a competence-based curriculum: the case of four secondary schools in England. The Curriculum Journal, 24, 3, 335-350.
Byrne, J., Downey, C, and Souza, A, (2013). Teaching and Learning in a competence-based curriculum: the case of four secondary schools in England. The Curriculum Journal, 245, 3, 351-368.
Downey, C., Byrne, J. and Souza, A. (2013). Leading and managing the competence-based curriculum: conscripts, volunteers and champions at work within the departmentalised environment of the secondary school. The Curriculum Journal, 24, 3, 369-388.
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