Curriculum-making in school and college: the case of hospitality

Abstract

Drawing upon research in the curriculum of hospitality, this article explores the contrasting ways in which the prescribed curriculum is translated into the enacted curriculum in school and college contexts. It identifies organisational culture and teacher and student backgrounds and dispositions as central to the emerging contrasts. It uses this evidence to argue that the evolution of credit frameworks which assume a rational curriculum is unhelpful in understanding the multiple play of difference in learning and the enacted curriculum.

Keywords:

• curriculum-making
• described curriculum
• hospitality
• organisational culture
• prescribed curriculum
• student dispositions
• teacher dispositions

Notes

This article is based on a research project, ‘Curriculum-Making in School and College’, funded by the ESRC (RES-000-22-2452). Our thanks to the staff and students who made this project possible.