Developing curriculum in and for a changing world: Conducting Curriculum Review
Edited by Dr Jacqueline Fallon and John Hammond (NCCA, Dublin)
The CIDREE Yearbook 2025 addresses the theme of Conducting Curriculum Review through four sub-themes:
- Evolving education through systematic review
- Examining reform cycles and decision-making dynamics
- Lifting the lid: steps, stakeholders, and structures
- Factors influencing success and overcoming challenges.
The 11 papers, representing geographically, politically and culturally diverse jurisdictions, provide a comprehensive exploration of the complexities of reviewing, developing and revitalising curricula by CIDREE member institutions. Through the diverse perspectives and practical experiences described, the Yearbook provides readers with insights into a range of approaches to, and experiences of, curriculum review. By exploring this theme, the Yearbook serves not only as a repository of knowledge but also as a catalyst for informed dialogue and strategic planning in shaping the future of education both within the CIDREE network and further afield.
The intended audience for the CIDREE Yearbook 2025 includes CIDREE member organisations, researchers, students, politicians, government officials, education leaders, and it is relevant at international, national and local levels. Our editorial approach has been to create a Yearbook that provides a coherent and consistent presentation of the theme and sub-themes to enable the reader to compare and contrast experiences across the diversity of contributions. To support the readers engagement with the range and variety of curriculum review processes described, each paper is accompanied by a profile of the organisation or unit represented by the authors of the paper. This organisational profile outlines its role, including its relationship to the government department(s) with responsibility for education; its own legislated and named responsibilities; its engagement with the networks active in the education system; and other aspects of the education environment.
In addition to using the map on the opening pages of the Yearbook to navigate to the country landing page, the reader can use the Table of Contents (ToC) to either navigate through the Yearbook at the level of individual sub-themes or go directly to the text of individual papers using the title listed in the ToC. While most papers deal with all four sub-themes in sequence, some have focused on a smaller number of sub-themes, and in some cases, authors have chosen to combine sub-themes. These adaptations are reflected in the ToC. The reader can navigate each paper internally using the links situated beside the map on the country landing page. This editors’ introduction sets out some of the main ideas, areas of interest and points of comparison that emerge from each sub-theme in turn. The aim is to provide an overview of important ideas and features that come to the surface in reading all 11 country contributions to the Yearbook. However, the articles are too various, detailed and context-specific to allow any claim to this editors’ introduction being fully comprehensive.
CIDREE Yearbook 2025 Developing curriculum in and for a changing world: Conducting Curriculum Reveiw
