ABSTRACT
This chapter will review the recent research evidence concerning the role of the primary school curriculum co-ordinator, here defined as an appointment from within the staff of a school. However, any consideration of this research cannot be divorced from the studies of the roles of advisory teachers, here defined as externally appointed consultants. During the early 1980s when the main emphasis was on the use of advisory teachers, many of the issues which are now germane to the work of the in-school co-ordinator began to emerge. In this chapter we shall begin by looking at the similarities and the differences of the two roles.
