Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- The authors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The rationale for learning -- Introduction -- Defining the curriculum -- Constructing a national curriculum -- International curriculum models -- Framing the curriculum for learning and teaching -- Lifelong learning -- Curriculum models -- The prescribed curriculum -- Curriculum control -- The role of the state -- The role of stakeholders -- Institutional values, culture and ethos -- Institutional culture and the hidden curriculum -- Issues of equity -- The changing pedagogy -- 2. Managing the context of learning -- Introduction -- Models of learning and teaching -- Learning styles -- A cross-cultural perspective -- Teaching strategies -- Managing the learning environment -- Classroom climate -- The physical learning environment -- Learning beyond the classroom -- The virtual learning environment -- 3. The management of learning -- Introduction -- Models of curriculum organisation and management -- Roles and responsibilities in managing the curriculum -- Senior management -- Middle management -- Classroom-based management -- Managing the learning process -- The planning of learning and teaching -- Assessment of student and pupil learning -- Monitoring curriculum activities -- The evaluation of learning -- Managing change for effective learning and teaching -- Change as a management concept -- The intelligent school or college -- Conditions for implementing change -- Managing small-scale change -- A systematic approach to change -- 4. Conclusions: focus upon the learner -- References -- Author index -- Subject index.