ABSTRACT
This chapter seeks to clarify the notion of curriculum review by indicating how: it is related to the analogous processes of evaluation, analysis, and planning; it can be carried out at different levels of curriculum organization from the total curriculum of the school to individual aspects. The curriculum of even a small school is a complex entity to comprehend in its entirety. The characteristics of the first type are that it tends to: involve senior staff; see the organization as a rational management system; be concerned with aims, objectives, and management structures; and be representative of a systems analysis tradition of evaluation. The argument presented here is that any attempt at curriculum review needs to be firmly grounded within an explicit and agreed representation of the whole curriculum. The establishment of the pattern of curriculum provision either aggregated over several year groups or specific to one is an essential prerequisite for the process of review.
