NAPE representative calls for collective curriculum decision-making
The contents of a school's curriculum should be the result of a collective decision-making process that takes into account the views of a variety of stakeholders.
This is the opinion of John Coe, a spokesperson for the National Association for Primary Education (NAPE), who stressed that teachers should not be solely responsible for such policies.
He pointed out that experience of school inspectors, university researchers, parents and advisors should all be included when setting out a school's curriculum.
"Decisions on a whole school basis should be made collectively and after consideration of professional and other advice received from all those who have a stake in the school," Mr Coe remarked.
The NAPE representative went on to stress that the day-to-day workings of a classroom should be up to individual teachers.
A school's curriculum represents the set of courses offered by the educational establishment and what is contained in them. It can relate to any stage of learning.
