The Scottish curriculum in transition: Curriculum for Excellence.

<p>Unlike England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Scotland does not have a statutory national curriculum, but a set of 5-14 National Guidelines for local authorities and schools, standard grade courses and a national qualifications structure. Throughout 2009, schools are preparing to make the transition from the established 5-14 curriculum to a new <i>Curriculum for Excellence</i>. The curriculum review process, in common with other areas of education policy formation pre- and post-devolution, has been characterised by consultation.</p> <p>This paper offers an account of the development of the engagement process and draws on a curriculum enactment perspective to ask:</p> <ul> <li>What are teachers' responses to the draft sets of experiences and eutcomes underpinning the <i>Curriculum for Excellence</i>?</li> <li>How does teachers' "positionality" interplay with curriculum reform (Kirk and MacDonald, 2001)?</li> <li>What factors are likely to support or impede teachers' adaptation of the curriculum in the move towards full implementation?</li> </ul&gt