Reforming the Canadian curriculum

Curriculum reform in English Canada is currently driven by three national trends. The first is fiscal restraint on the part of all levels of government which results in down‐sizing of available curriculum options for students and support for teachers; this has encouraged, however, the growth of new co‐operative endeavours among educators within and across provincial jurisdictions. The second includes cultural and economic demographic realities that are challenging the relevance and accessibility of the curriculum, while the third is the political rhetoric of economic competitiveness. Curriculum scholarship is influenced by these trends because research funding comes primarily from the state.