national curriculum

collocation in English

meaningsofnationalandcurriculum

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national
adjective
uk
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/us
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or to ...
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curriculum
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈrɪk.jə.ləm/us
/kəˈrɪk.jə.ləm/
the subjects studied in a school, college, etc. and what each ...
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(Definition ofnationalandcurriculumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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State andnationalcurriculumauthorities are increasingly encouraging students and teachers to use asynchronous online discussions to communicate both with known and unknown participants.
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The aims fromnationalcurriculumlevel to lesson plans of individual teachers typically include introducing pupils to music from various cultures.
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All the children lived within walking distance of their schools, which all share anationalcurriculum and are similar in space, materials, and teachers' education.
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At the same time, the government increased its powers over local education through the introduction of a centrally controlled and mandatorynationalcurriculum.
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Since foreign-language education in preschools is not mandatory, there is nonationalcurriculumat that level.
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If we do we could be in danger of losing music as a subject within thenationalcurriculumfor younger pupils during some future review.
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A crucial assumption underpinning thenationalcurriculumis that we all agree about standard language.
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To adapt to the changes, efforts have been made to change the training models, revise thenationalcurriculumand update textbooks.
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The centre will be electronically linked to schools and colleges around the country and overseas to provide online access to audio, visual and text support for thenationalcurriculum.
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Inspection duties included, for example: checking the physical condition of school buildings and equipment; and ensuring that the teaching accords with thenationalcurriculum.
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The type ofnationalcurriculumwith respect to the degree of detail regulating and the amount of standardisation in organising teaching is crucial in comparing different national regulations of education.
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They are also consistently lower than those for subjects such as drama, which many would see as having been devalued by not being included as a separatenationalcurriculumsubject.
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The creation of anationalcurriculumincluding music meant that the subject theoretically acquired a status at least equal to that of othernationalcurriculumsubjects.
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That is already happening with thenationalcurriculum.
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The reaction from the majority of the teaching profession to thenationalcurriculumand concept of assessment has been very favourable.
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Thenationalcurriculumand its associated assessment procedures will provide a better basis for measuring pupil and school performance.
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Physical education, which includes games, will be a compulsory part of the curriculum in all maintained schools under the requirements of thenationalcurriculum.
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They did not apply to the whole of thenationalcurriculum.
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First, the programme for thenationalcurriculumis well on target.
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One part of thenationalcurriculumrelates to the teaching of computers—it is covered by the information technology section.
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