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The curriculum is in a constant state of rapid change.
The role of teachers in implementing curriculum innovation is critical,
though in the absence of suitable training, the intentions of the innovation
may be transformed. The STTIS project is concerned with researching these
transformations, and developing materials for training teachers in curriculum
innovation.
The training materials presented here are based
on research into the nature of teachers’ transformations of two innovations
in the teaching of energy. One is the large scale introduction of the concept
of 'energy transfers' in the National Curriculum for England and Wales.
The other is the smaller scale curriculum development project 'Energy and
Change'.
The training materials provide activities to enable
teachers to learn about the innovations and about the nature of the research
into their implementation, and to take account of these ideas in their
own implementation of the innovation.
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