Core Knowledge UK is a project by the think tank Civitas. The Core Knowledge Sequence UK is a year-by-year outline of the specific and shared content and skills to be taught in Years 1 to 6.
Origins of Core Knowledge UK
The
Core Knowledge Foundation
The Core Knowledge Foundation is an independent, non-profit educational foundation founded in 1986 by E. D. Hirsch, Jr. The school curriculum created by the Foundation focuses on teaching students a foundation of knowledge at a young age; the de ...
was formed in 1986. The American Core Knowledge curriculum
[American Core Knowledge curriculum http://www.coreknowledge.org/about-the-curriculum] was piloted in Three Oaks Elementary School in Florida in 1990. Today it is used in hundreds of schools across America
[Core Knowledge US Schools http://www.coreknowledge.org/core-knowledge-schools] and
Civitas
In Ancient Rome, the Latin term (; plural ), according to Cicero in the time of the late Roman Republic, was the social body of the , or citizens, united by Roman law, law (). It is the law that binds them together, giving them responsibilitie ...
has adapted the American ''Core Knowledge Sequence'' to use in British schools.
History
Over the past 20 years, the
Core Knowledge Foundation
The Core Knowledge Foundation is an independent, non-profit educational foundation founded in 1986 by E. D. Hirsch, Jr. The school curriculum created by the Foundation focuses on teaching students a foundation of knowledge at a young age; the de ...
has developed and refined the ''Core Knowledge Sequence'' in partnership with schools implementing the curriculum.
[American ''Core Knowledge Sequence'' http://www.coreknowledge.org/sequence] Core Knowledge has been reported to be effective in the US.
[Core Knowledge Curriculum and School Performance: A National Study (September 2004) http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/documents/31/CK_National_Study_2004.pdf/][Three-Year National Study Confirms Effectiveness of Core Knowledge Sequence (Winter 1999) http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/documents/39/JHUSummary_1999.pdf][Walberg study: The Effects of Core Knowledge on State Test Achievement in North Carolina (April 2004) http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/documents/28/Walberg_phase3.pdf]
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External links
Core Knowledge UK official website
Civitas official websiteCore Knowledge Foundation (US) official websiteNational Curriculum online official website{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130004310/http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/ , date=2009-01-30
Department for Education(
England
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Educational charities