Staff involvement in the design of a key skills curriculum model: a case-study |
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| Authors: | Anthony Kelly Mel West Lesley Dee |
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| Institution: | 1. Research and Policy Analysis Department , Assessment and Qualifications Alliance , Stag Hill House, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XJ, UK adaly@aqa.org.uk;3. Research and Policy Analysis Department , Assessment and Qualifications Alliance , Stag Hill House, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XJ, UK |
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| Abstract: | This case-study follows a school as it struggles to prepare for the changes brought about by Curriculum 2000 and the new key skills qualification. It describes the curriculum debate within the senior management team as it balanced the conflicting needs of subject popularity and necessity. It relates how inherent structural flaws were uncovered in the proposed curriculum strategy, how this very failure was used as an opportunity to initiate staff involvement in the design of curriculum structures and how success was subsequently fashioned from the process. It is a story of failure, consideration, reflection and improvement, and offers some insight into the lessons learned by management and teaching staff as they reflect on the process of change and their own participation in it. |
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| Keywords: | Key Skills Curriculum Structure Integrated Delivery Staff Involvement In Structural Change Gender Imbalance |
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