The very big picture

OECD - Trends Shaping Education 2013

General perspectives on curriculum development

A second look at Conflicting Conceptions of Curriculum (Eisner & Vallance, 1986)

Curriculum Standing Committee of National Education Professional Associations (CSCNEPA) - Developing a twenty-first century school curriculum for all Australian students

Overview of Finland’s approach to developing curriculum: 

• The Finnish national core curriculum: Structure and development
• Finnish National Board of Education - General upper secondary school curriculum

PowerPoint presentation of some key issues around curriculum development, linked to Singapore

Alberta rationale for personalized learning (Alberta Education, chapter 8 of From Knowledge to Action, 2012)

Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow – Today (ACOT2)

Models of Curriculum Design for 21st Century Learning (slide show including interesting links and a revised Bloom's taxonomy)

"Educated Citizen"

Province of British Columbia - Statement of Education Policy Order - Mandate for the School System

(page 4 of the PDF, Part B includes a definition of "The Educated Citizen." This has been the Ministry of Education definition since 1989.)

The Educated Citizen - Do We Have it Right? - post from West Vancouver School District Superintendent Chris Kennedy’s blog, Culture of Yes

Curriculum for the educated citizen (R. Freeman Butts, Educational Leadership, 1980)

Citizenship Education and Current Educational Reform (Sears & Hughes, Canadian Journal of Education, 1996)

Good schools, good citizens: A discussion (Gerald Kaplan, CTF, 1998)

Social Justice

BC Human Rights Tribunal settlement agreement - Ministry of Education/Corren (2006)

Incorporating Aboriginal content across the K-12 curriculum - BCTF policy, Minister's and Aboriginal Education Partners input

Making space : teaching for diversity and social justice throughout the K-12 curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2008)

Social justice lens: a teaching resource guide (BCTF, 2010)