Curriculum and assessment : a narrative approach / Robyn Ewing.

Previous edition: 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Towards Some Definitions of Curriculum and Assessment -- What is narrative? -- Why a narrative approach? -- Practical decisions: A teacher’s dilemma -- -- 2. Conflicting Ideologies: Objectives or Outcomes? Different ways of making sense -- The importance of process -- The outcomes-based education storyline -- -- 3. Implementing the Curriculum: A Question of Quality -- Process not product -- Quality teaching and learning storylines -- -- 4. Evaluation and Assessment Storylines -- Setting the scene -- Understanding the terms -- Towards meaningful assessment: Rich tasks and developing metacognitive skills -- -- 5. Inequity of Educational Opportunity: A Never-ending Story -- Longstanding issues Poverty in Australia -- Completing education and finding work -- School choice? -- Addressing inequality of opportunity -- A new kind of curriculum -- Quality teaching and learning practices -- Assessment and reporting practices -- Increasing social capital through schools -- -- 6. Shifting Gender Storylines -- Some caveats -- Gender equality -- Shifting storylines -- Too much success for girls? -- Boys ‘in crisis’ -- Current brain research -- The current storyline -- -- 7. The National Curriculum Storyline -- A recurring storyline -- Setting the scene: Australia as a group of states and territories or a nation? -- National Curriculum ‘vignettes’ -- The Australian National Curriculum storyline -- The current storyline -- -- 8. Stories of Reporting Student Curriculum Outcomes to Parents and the Community Reporting student curriculum outcomes to parents Public reporting of school and student achievement: The good or the bad news? -- -- 9. Stories of Curriculum Reform -- The nature of change and reform -- Setting the scene -- -- 10. Curriculum and Assessment Futures -- Curriculum futures: No easy answers -- The role of ICT and a future curriculum -- Future scenarios -- What we would like: Our wish list -- Some integrated curriculum examples -- -- 11. The Reflection Storyline: Bringing the Stories Together -- Why reflection? -- So what is reflection? -- Storylines of reflective practice -- John Dewey and reflection -- Schon: Different times for reflection -- Van Manen: Different levels of reflection -- Why reflect? -- Strategies for reflective practice in curriculum -- -- Conclusion -- -- Appendix: Sample Programs.