introduction opening adress I. continutity and change1. A basis in past OECD work
2. A continuing dabate
3. the conference on Ministers, 1990
4. trends and issues
paper 1 curriculum reform - recent trends and issues II. context and goals1. the context of change
2. implication of commitment to quality for all
3. issues for reform
paper 2 An Agenda for Reform in the U.S.A.4. goals of education
5. curriculum goals and statements of value
6. processes of reform
paper 3 ends and means in curriculum reform III. process and participation in reform1. curriculum reform: A major social task
paper 4 implications for the curriculum of the OECD activity on the effectiveness of schooling and of educational resource management2. centres of power and control
paper 5 curriculum reform and its implementation paper 6 implementation of curricula in a college IV. the curriculum: meaning and implications1. the content, structure and organisation of learning
paper 7 the core curriculum paper 8 the common core2. science, mathematics and technology
paper 9 project on innovations in science, mathematics and technology education paper 10 technology in the school curriculum3. humanities and arts education
paper 11 project on humanities, the arts and values in the curriculum paper 12 media education, trends and experiences - - seen from a humanistic point of view4. changes in teaching and learning
paper 13 implications for curriculum reform OECD associated projects5. pupil assessment, evaluation and system accountability
paper 14 relating pupil assessment and evaluation to teaching and learning
paper 15 mass evaluation exercises in France since 1989 paper 16 the contributors of international comparative assessment to curriculum reform V. the curriculum for the twenty-first century paper 17 curriculum for the 21st century
panel discussions
paper 18 the options to emerge: where do we travel from here? paper 19 Summary comments annex: list of participants