Twenty-first Century Curriculum Policy: Insights from Australia and Implications Globally

This book focuses on the phenomenon of a ‘21^st century curriculum’ and its role in preparing students for work and life in a rapidly changing global knowledge society. Its context is the global and diverse national influences on education policy agendas. The central concepts in the academic literature that underpins the phenomenon are globalisation, curriculum, and policy. The analysis spans global influences on the development of ‘21^st century curriculum’ policy, the construction of such p...