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Editorial

Editorial The Australian Journal of Education VOLUME 1 NUMBER 2 JULY 1957 During the last ten years there has been considerable discussion and some re-planning of the primary school curriculum by state departments of Education. This number of the Journal presents articles by two of the people closely the reorganization in the two states of Queensland and New associated with South Wales. They describe the way in which a widespread revision was carried through, and attempt an evaluation of some aspects of it. The history of the technique of curriculum construction in Australia is a history of the slow extension of the influence of the practising teacher over the determination of the content of the materials which he is called upon to teach. Both these articles illustrate different phases of this development. They illustrate, also, another feature of this history, the tendency, at irregular intervals, to organize a somewhat drastic review and replanning of existing activities, culminating in the issue of a new syllabus and a fresh set of suggestions to teachers concerning its use. It is open to question whether this habitual procedure of ours is a wise one. If it is a necessary one, it might well be http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Education SAGE

Editorial

Australian Journal of Education , Volume 1 (2): 2 – Jul 1, 1957
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SAGE
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© 1957 Australian Council for Educational Research
ISSN
0004-9441
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2050-5884
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10.1177/000494415700100201
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The Australian Journal of Education VOLUME 1 NUMBER 2 JULY 1957 During the last ten years there has been considerable discussion and some re-planning of the primary school curriculum by state departments of Education. This number of the Journal presents articles by two of the people closely the reorganization in the two states of Queensland and New associated with South Wales. They describe the way in which a widespread revision was carried through, and attempt an evaluation of some aspects of it. The history of the technique of curriculum construction in Australia is a history of the slow extension of the influence of the practising teacher over the determination of the content of the materials which he is called upon to teach. Both these articles illustrate different phases of this development. They illustrate, also, another feature of this history, the tendency, at irregular intervals, to organize a somewhat drastic review and replanning of existing activities, culminating in the issue of a new syllabus and a fresh set of suggestions to teachers concerning its use. It is open to question whether this habitual procedure of ours is a wise one. If it is a necessary one, it might well be

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Published: Jul 1, 1957

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