Curriculum evaluation for lifelong education : developing criteria and procedures for the evaluation of school curricula in the perspective of lifelong education : a multinational study /

Curriculum Evaluation for Lifelong Education describes the procedures, results, and implications of a two-year effort by research teams from Japan, Romania, and Sweden to develop and utilize a set of criteria for evaluating school curricula.

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Skager, Rodney W., 1932; Dave, R. H; Robinson, Kenneth, 1917
Published: Published for the UNESCO Institute for Education by Pergamon Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford ; New York :
Publication Dates: 1977.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Advances in lifelong education ; volume 2
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080218168
Summary: Curriculum Evaluation for Lifelong Education describes the procedures, results, and implications of a two-year effort by research teams from Japan, Romania, and Sweden to develop and utilize a set of criteria for evaluating school curricula.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (x, 140 pages).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781483156521
1483156524
Index Number: LC5219
CLC: G72
Contents: Front Cover; Curriculum Evaluation for Lifelong Education; Copyright Page; Table of Contents ; FOREWORD; CHAPTER 1. LIFELONG EDUCATION AND EVALUATION OF SCHOOL CURRICULA; Purpose of Report; NOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. PLANS AND PROCEDURES OF THE STUDY; Phases of the Study; The National Teams; Observations on the National Curricula; Operational Schema of the Project; Overview of Project Stages; CHAPTER 3. SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND ITS EVALUATION; Defining Curriculum; NOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. DEVELOPMENT OF THE EVALUATIVE CRITERIA; Sources.
Processes for Deriving Initial Multinational CriteriaCombined Evaluative Criteria; Combined List of Criteria and Illustrative Specifications; Steps Toward Developing and Evaluating the Curriculum; Conclusion; NOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. APPLICATIONS OF THE EVALUATIVE CRITERIA TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE NATIONAL CURRICULA; Overview of National Research Efforts; Grouping and Comparing National Studies; Evaluations of the Formal or Written Curriculum; Curriculum as Revealed in School Practices and Policies; Informal Curriculum of Family and Community; Inferences Based on the Study of Learners.
ConclusionNOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. STEPS TOWARD THE PREPARATION OF PLANS FOR IMPROVING NATIONAL CURRICULA; Japan: For the Development of Evaluation Capabilities; Romania: Structures for Implementation; Sweden: Recurrent Education and Research on Autonomous Learning; REFERENCE; CHAPTER 7. CONCLUSION; APPENDICES; APPENDIX 1: NATIONAL RESEARCH TEAMS AND REPORTS; APPENDIX 2: A LIST OF CONCEPT CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFELONG EDUCATION; APPENDIX 3: CURRICULUM COMPONENTS FOR THE EVALUATION OF SCHOOL CURRICULA IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF LIFELONG EDUCATION; 1. OBJECTIVES; 2. CURRICULUM PLAN.
3. TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES4. LEARNING MATERIALS; 5. EVALUATION PROCEDURES; 6. CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION; APPENDIX 4: EVALUATIVE CRITERIA FOR CURRICULUM COMPONENTS; 1. OBJECTIVES (Revised); APPENDIX 5: FORM FOR COMBINING CURRICULUM COMPONENTS AND EVALUATIVE CRITERIA; APPENDIX 6: COMBINED LIST OF CRITERIA AND ILLUSTRATIVE SPECIFICATIONS; I. Horizontal Integration; II. Vertical Integration; III. Orientation of Self-Growth; IV. Self-Directed Learning; V. Democratization; INDEX.