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Equal Opportunities in the Secondary‐School Curriculum in Scotland, 1977‐91
Author(s) -
Croxford Linda
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/0141192940200402
Subject(s) - curriculum , class (philosophy) , sociology , inequality , national curriculum , mathematics education , pedagogy , common core , social class , formal education , mode (computer interface) , psychology , core (optical fiber) , political science , mathematics , computer science , mathematical analysis , law , telecommunications , operating system , artificial intelligence
This article analyses differences in participation in the formal curriculum by social class, gender and measured ability. It uses data on trends from a national survey to examine questions of (in)equality, including the relations between different dimensions of inequality. It shows the effects of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and the introduction of a common core curriculum after 1983. It shows differences between comprehensive and independent schools in levels of participation in each mode of the formal curriculum.