openit - issue 03 - Spring 2012

openit 3 – Spring term 2012 Professor David J K Leat Director, Centre for Learning & Teaching University of Newcastle Upon Tyne A P r ur lu r ed lu It is more than a year since the new coalition government announced that the proposals for the new primary... More

openit 3 – Spring term 2012 Professor David J K Leat Director, Centre for Learning & Teaching University of Newcastle Upon Tyne A P r ur lu r ed lu It is more than a year since the new coalition government announced that the proposals for the new primary curriculum from the last Labour government were being scrapped. The Cambridge Primary Review (CPR) seemed to have hit the right moment for its publication in providing an alternative vision of the curriculum built around strong educational principles. The CPR team certainly had a number of meetings with the DfE and although there was common ground in the significance of subjects in the curriculum, there is little reason currently to believe that the CPR proposals will be strongly reflected in a new curriculum framework. (See page 16, “Where are we now?”, Bob Pavard). Relevance & enjoyment Having been part of the evaluation process of Open Futures from its inception and having also completed a number of Level 3 Quality Mark visits, th Less