1st Edition
Curriculum Implementation Leadership and Equity in Education Curriculum Struggles and Hopes in Jamaica During the Post-Independence Era
Curriculum Implementation Leadership and Equity in Education: Curriculum Struggles and Hopes in Jamaica During the Post-Independence Era takes a critical historical perspective on how curriculum is understood, tracing major national curriculum implementation efforts within primary and secondary schools in Jamaica from the 1970s to 2000s. Providing first-hand accounts of teachers implementing national curricula and supported by empirical data throughout, this volume offers a unique analysis and synthesis of curriculum implementation and showcases how curriculum implementation leadership is linked to the achievement of equity in education. A valuable resource for students, educators, and policymakers, this fascinating historical account provides a new framework and key considerations for effective curriculum implementation leadership aiming at reducing educational inequality.
1. Introduction: The education equity challenge and the role of curriculum 2. Curriculum implementation and its role in the education equity challenge in Jamaica 3. Curriculum implementation leadership and Caribbean orality 4. Curriculum change in Jamaica and the necessity for curriculum implementation leadership 5. Implementing curriculum integration and constructivism: The case of the Revised Primary Curriculum 6. Implementing curriculum integration and constructivism: The case of the National Standards Curriculum 7. Curriculum implementation leadership to reduce education inequities 8. References Appendix A: Teachers’ questionnaire Appendix B: Interview questions Appendix C: Rank order of concerns about the RPC according to mean scores of concerns Appendix D: Functions being carried out by teachers at each Level of Use Appendix E: Implementation Leadership Scale (ILS) for Curriculum Implementation Leadership
Biography
Carmel Roofe is a Professor of Curriculum Studies in the Faculty of Humanities and Education at The University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
