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Taber, K. S. (2023). Curriculum and science. In R. J. Tierney, F. Rizvi, & K. Erkican (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education (Vol. 7, pp. 314-326). Elsevier. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818630-5.03057-8
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Contents:
- Introduction
- Three phases of constructing a science curriculum
- Demarcating science
- Selecting science to teach
- The science curriculum and educational purpose
- Four frames for understanding the purposes of the science curriculum
- The economic driver for science curriculum design
- The developmental driver for science curriculum design
- The cultural driver for science curriculum design
- The civic driver for science curriculum design
- Organisation of the science curriculum
- Disciplinary identify
- A common core to the sciences
- The STEM question
- Differentiating the curriculum
- Curriculum progression
- Developing curriculum models to represent science
- Learning progressions