ABSTRACT
Some theorists of the curriculum reject both these criteria as major determinants of what should be taught in schools. The general objection is well put by Professor N. Chomsky: There are strong pressures to make use of new educational technology and to design curriculum and teaching methods in the light of the scientific advances. The curriculum should have a common basis, with increasing possibility of choice of studies towards the end of the school experience, improving the prospects of good general education. Professor G. Bantock, starting with a concern that no one should dismiss, talked of different curricula when he should have thought of different methods. The word 'transmit' may make this description of a curriculum look conservative. Children should be introduced, without rigid timetabling and with relative informality, to the main areas of what will later be a more structured curriculum.
