... 2002 : 20). The evolution of the curriculum has its origins in the Education Act of 1902 that made education more accessible to a larger proportion of the population it was also the beginnings of political controversy regarding the education of the nation. Further reform took place in 1944 a time when a state imposed curriculum was not a desirable notion the 1944 Education Act was a far reaching piece of legislation that provided secondary education for all, allowing teachers and schools to determine the essence of the curriculum. The derivation of a common core curriculum did not take place until the late 1970's following a landmark speech by the Prime Minister of the time James Callaghan. His speech at Ruskin College in 1976 was the ignition for curriculum commonality and the foundation of boundaries to teacher autonomy (Chitty 1996). The Ruskin speech set the scene for the development of the ...

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