ABSTRACT
The term curriculum development is a fairly new one in the educational language of this country although it is being used with increasing frequency. The planning of learning opportunities intended to bring about certain changes in pupils and the assessment of the extent to which these changes have taken place is what is meant by curriculum development. Participation in co-operative curriculum development activities can lead to a greatly increased professionalism in teachers. The activity of curriculum development can be carried out in a variety of settings, either by an individual teacher or by groups of teachers working together. An individual teacher can undertake curriculum development for his own class in a primary school or for a subject for one or more classes in a secondary school. Curriculum development is also carried out at the national level under the auspices of the Schools Council and the Nuffield Foundation.
