Core Knowledge UK
Core Knowledge UK is a project by the think tank Civitas. The Core Knowledge Sequence UK is a year-by-year outline of the specific and shared content and skills to be taught in Years 1 to 6.
Origins of Core Knowledge UK[edit]
The Core Knowledge Foundation was formed in 1986. The American Core Knowledge curriculum[1] was piloted in Three Oaks Elementary School in Florida in 1990. Today it is used in hundreds of schools across America[2] and Civitas has adapted the American Core Knowledge Sequence to use in British schools.
History[edit]
Over the past 20 years, the Core Knowledge Foundation has developed and refined the Core Knowledge Sequence in partnership with schools implementing the curriculum.[3] Core Knowledge has been reported to be effective in the US.[4][5][6]
Notes[edit]
- ^ American Core Knowledge curriculum http://www.coreknowledge.org/about-the-curriculum
- ^ Core Knowledge US Schools http://www.coreknowledge.org/core-knowledge-schools
- ^ American Core Knowledge Sequence http://www.coreknowledge.org/sequence
- ^ Core Knowledge Curriculum and School Performance: A National Study (September 2004) http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/documents/31/CK_National_Study_2004.pdf/
- ^ Three-Year National Study Confirms Effectiveness of Core Knowledge Sequence (Winter 1999) http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/documents/39/JHUSummary_1999.pdf
- ^ Walberg study: The Effects of Core Knowledge on State Test Achievement in North Carolina (April 2004) http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/documents/28/Walberg_phase3.pdf