Teachers oppose 'narrow' curriculum
31 March 2013
Last updated at 00:14 GMT
Teachers will say that there is an over-emphasis on core subjects
They claim that it will fail to engage pupils and risks increasing numbers missing school.
The Department for Education said the curriculum “embodies high expectations”.
The NUT’s annual conference in Liverpool will hear claims that the new version of the curriculum “represents a reactionary step backwards”.
'Step backwards' It accuses the government of using international evidence in a way that is “misleading and selective”.
Teachers will say that there is an over-emphasis on core subjects and the idea of “hard facts” rather than creativity.
It says that the curriculum for maths is overly-prescriptive with too narrow a focus and that geography is reduced to a list of “capes, bays, rivers and mountain ranges”.
For English, it says there is an “obsession with particular literary texts”.
The conference will also ask why this new curriculum does not apply to academies and free schools.
A Department for Education spokesman rejected the criticism, saying: "This could not be further from the truth.
"The draft national curriculum is challenging and ambitious and will give every child the broad and balanced education they need to fulfil their potential.
"We engaged with academics and experts and carefully analysed the world's most successful school systems before building a curriculum which embodies high expectations.
"Furthermore we are giving every school more freedom and trusting teachers to use their creativity to shape the curriculum to the needs of their pupils."
COPY http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Teachers will say that there is an over-emphasis on core subjects
The revised national curriculum
for schools in England is narrow and outdated, according to a motion to
be debated at the National Union of Teachers’ conference.
Teachers will argue against a simplistic “kings and queens” version of subjects such as history.They claim that it will fail to engage pupils and risks increasing numbers missing school.
The Department for Education said the curriculum “embodies high expectations”.
The NUT’s annual conference in Liverpool will hear claims that the new version of the curriculum “represents a reactionary step backwards”.
'Step backwards' It accuses the government of using international evidence in a way that is “misleading and selective”.
Teachers will say that there is an over-emphasis on core subjects and the idea of “hard facts” rather than creativity.
It says that the curriculum for maths is overly-prescriptive with too narrow a focus and that geography is reduced to a list of “capes, bays, rivers and mountain ranges”.
For English, it says there is an “obsession with particular literary texts”.
The conference will also ask why this new curriculum does not apply to academies and free schools.
A Department for Education spokesman rejected the criticism, saying: "This could not be further from the truth.
"The draft national curriculum is challenging and ambitious and will give every child the broad and balanced education they need to fulfil their potential.
"We engaged with academics and experts and carefully analysed the world's most successful school systems before building a curriculum which embodies high expectations.
"Furthermore we are giving every school more freedom and trusting teachers to use their creativity to shape the curriculum to the needs of their pupils."
COPY http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
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