Personal-social education: beyond the national curriculum

Authors
Watkins, C
Citation
C. Watkins, Personal-social education: beyond the national curriculum, BR J GUID C, 27(1), 1999, pp. 71-84
Citations number
49
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
BRITISH JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING
ISSN journal
03069885 → ACNP
Volume
27
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
71 - 84
Database
ISI
SICI code
0306-9885(199902)27:1<71:PEBTNC>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The impact of the first ten years of the National Curriculum in England and Wales upon personal-social education (PSE) is analysed. It is proposed tha t many indirect processes have led to PSE having a lesser place in schools. The analysis offers some broad pointers for improvement. A conception of i mproved PSE for 21st-century schools is identified.