... idea of installing a National Curriculum into any state education system poses many questions for and against its implementation. Much can be learnt from the English, Welsh and Northern Ireland education systems that have for the past twelve years been teaching under the formal structure of a National Curriculum the content of which has been dictated by parliament. By adopting a nationalised curriculum the English, Welsh and Northern Irish education systems hoped to enhance learning and achievement, give more power to the parents of pupils and enhance the management of schools. ...the intention of all official curricula is that the structure will ensure that the learning experience of young people is coherent and that they will benefit from curricular progression as they move through the education system. (Pollard 2001 p120) This quote highlights the ethos of a National Curriculum but in reality does it achieve what it set out to? By ...

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