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In this programme, Benjamin Cosin starts with the point that educational ideologies have traditionally focussed on the curriculum in respect of its contents and their range. Then, making use of arg...uments introduced in the correspondence texts for Units 13 and 14 (and made clear in the Radio programmes which are linked with Unit 14) he considers the content and the range of content in a curriculum, the problem of specialisation and that of its opposite, generalism. This leads him to consider another dimension underlying debates on the curriculum, that of choice and compulsion. Peterson here contributes a valuable historical perspective which leads to a discussion of the International Baccalaureate, of which he is a director. The International Baccalaureate is an attempt to provide students in this country and a number of others, who want a qualification comparable to A level, with a chance to pursue a more general curriculum without risking their chances of going to University. It is through this stress on aspects of Generalism in Education' and the historical perspective that is adopted, that the programme is inked across to the correspondence text for Unit 15 of this course as well. Likewise, it can be seen to be related to the television programme which accompanies that Unit 'How General is Ordinary'.
In this programme, Benjamin Cosin starts with the point that educational ideologies have traditionally focussed on the curriculum in respect of its contents and their range. Then, making use of arg...uments introduced in the correspondence texts for Units 13 and 14 (and made clear in the Radio programmes which are linked with Unit 14) he considers the content and the range of content in a curriculum, the problem of specialisation and that of its opposite, generalism. This leads him to consider another dimension underlying debates on the curriculum, that of choice and compulsion. Peterson here contributes a valuable historical perspective which leads to a discussion of the International Baccalaureate, of which he is a director. The International Baccalaureate is an attempt to provide students in this country and a number of others, who want a qualification comparable to A level, with a chance to pursue a more general curriculum without risking their chances of going to University. It is through this stress on aspects of Generalism in Education' and the historical perspective that is adopted, that the programme is inked across to the correspondence text for Unit 15 of this course as well. Likewise, it can be seen to be related to the television programme which accompanies that Unit 'How General is Ordinary'.
| Module code and title: | E282, School and society |
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| Item code: | E282; 15 |
| Recording date: | 1972-05-05 |
| First transmission date: | 12-08-1972 |
| Published: | 1972 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:18:28 |
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| Contributors: | Ben Cosin; A D C Petersen |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Curriculum; Educational ideologies; Generalism; International Baccalaureate |
| Master spool number: | TLN18FM384 |
| Production number: | TLN18FM384 |
| Available to public: | no |
