@article {Berger:2012:0022-0272:679,
title = "Curriculum-making in pre-vocational education in the lower secondary school: A regional comparative analysis within Europe",
journal = "Journal of Curriculum Studies",
parent_itemid = "infobike://routledg/tcus",
publishercode ="routledg",
year = "2012",
volume = "44",
number = "5",
publication date ="2012-10-01T00:00:00",
pages = "679-701",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0022-0272",
eissn = "1366-5839",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/tcus/2012/00000044/00000005/art00006",
doi = "doi:10.1080/00220272.2012.702223",
keyword = "lower-secondary school, curriculum, teacher agency, vocational education",
author = "Berger, Susanne and Canning, Roy and Dolan, Michael and Kurek, SAWOMIR and Pilz, Matthias and Rachwa, Tomasz",
abstract = "This paper presents a pilot comparative research project on pre-vocational education in lower secondary schools (ISCED level 2) within regions in three European countries. The primary aim of the study was to better understand how the pre-vocational education curriculum is constructed
and taught within schools. A case study methodology was selected given the de-centralized nature of curriculum-making within each of the units of analysis. The data collection period covers the years 20092011 and the regions taking part were from Germany, Poland, and Scotland. The research
method is based upon both the collection of secondary data, through the analysis of curriculum documents within regions in each country, and the use of primary data sources, through interviewing school teachers. The research builds upon previous studies in curriculum-making, in particular
a theoretical framework that explores the differences between the prescribed and enacted curriculum. Finally, this study will argue that, although it is possible to identify quite a distinct pre-vocational curriculum within each region that, in practice, the subject is rarely
taught (enacted) according to this prescribed curriculum.",
}