5th iNet International Conference, 26 28 November 2008

This CD-ROM provides a range of practical materials to support implementing innovative curriculum change in school. The up to date case studies and workshops share examples from English schools, where fundamental shifts in the way the curriculum is delivered have created exciting opportunities for learners.

Resources

• Case studies
• PowerPoint presentations and activities for different audiences, including leadership teams, staff, students, parents and governors
• Notes for teacher training and for training leaders to guide them through the materials
• Tools to help audit existing and potential designs
• Templates for project management of curriculum change and key documents in the design and implementation process
• Video resources
• PDFs of Trust publications, including Deep Experience 1 by Professor David Hargreaves and Deep Experience 2 by Kai Vacher

Key content

• Alternative structures to 11-14 education
• Ensuring a better transition from primary to secondary school in terms of continuity and progression
• Examples of thematic and competency based approaches
• ‘Stage not age’, allowing learners flexibility as well as more conventional fast-track arrangements
• Making the curriculum available across a number of locations; collaborating with other schools to offer a broad and varied curriculum
• Creating extended learning blocks for project or problem based learning
• Involving middle leaders more effectively in curriculum design