target knowledge

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An account set out as the desired level of learning in some specific curriculum. In school science, target knowledge will often be a considerably simplified account of some area of current scientific knowledge. These representations of science designed for learners at at some educational level can be considered as 'curricular models' of the science.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.