TY - JOUR
T1 - School-Based Curriculum Development Towards a Culture of Learning
T2 - Nonlinearity in Practice
AU - Chen, Der Thanq
AU - Wang, Li Yi
AU - Neo, Wei Leng
N1 - Funding Information:
7. FUNDING This work was supported by the Office of Education Research, National Institute of Education Singapore [OER14/11VC].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, © 2015 Society for Educational Studies.
PY - 2015/4/3
Y1 - 2015/4/3
N2 - ABSTRACT: This study aims to unpack the context, processes and outcomes as the three key components of school-based curriculum development (SBCD) in six different schools in Singapore. A total of 31 focus group discussions were conducted with teachers, key personnel and school leaders in these schools. From the data, we derived a framework of SBCD which consists of five themes centred on ‘culture of learning’. This framework provides an alternative lens to traditional conceptualisation of SBCD by highlighting the nonlinear relationships among the three components. Two recommendations to researchers, policy makers and practitioners regarding SBCD towards sustained commitment for innovation and potential scalability are suggested.
AB - ABSTRACT: This study aims to unpack the context, processes and outcomes as the three key components of school-based curriculum development (SBCD) in six different schools in Singapore. A total of 31 focus group discussions were conducted with teachers, key personnel and school leaders in these schools. From the data, we derived a framework of SBCD which consists of five themes centred on ‘culture of learning’. This framework provides an alternative lens to traditional conceptualisation of SBCD by highlighting the nonlinear relationships among the three components. Two recommendations to researchers, policy makers and practitioners regarding SBCD towards sustained commitment for innovation and potential scalability are suggested.
KW - SBCD
KW - learning culture
KW - school-based curriculum development
KW - twenty-first century competencies
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U2 - 10.1080/00071005.2015.1034236
DO - 10.1080/00071005.2015.1034236
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84929045355
SN - 0007-1005
VL - 63
SP - 213
EP - 228
JO - British Journal of Educational Studies
JF - British Journal of Educational Studies
IS - 2
ER -