INCA Thematic Studies

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INCA thematic studies are comparative education reports, which combine cross-national factual information on a specific topic collated from the INCA website with in-depth analysis, additional research and practitioner opinion usually gathered at a linked international seminar.  All studies published to date are available below as downloadable pdf files (file sizes are indicated).  Unless otherwise stated, their compilation and publication was funded by the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) in England. We welcome approaches from other organisations wishing to commission INCA thematic studies.  Please contact us at inca@nfer.ac.uk

International focus group on the Regulation of Qualifications and Examinations (83KB). Published in April 2009, this report, written by Andrew Boyle followed an international seminar which took place in September 2008.

Active Citizenship in INCA Countries: Definitions, Policies, Practices and Outcomes (520 KB).  Published in November 2006, this report followed a linked international seminar held in March 2006. (See the 1999 INCA thematic study also - Citizenship Education: an International Comparison, below.)

Note: The national report for England for the IEA international civic and citizenship education study (ICCS) was published in November 2010.  This is available online.

International Trends in Primary Education (973 KB). Published in June 2003.

Early Years Education: An International Perspective (465 KB). This report was written by Dr Tony Bertram and Professor Christine Pascal of the Centre for Research in Early Childhood, Birmingham, England.

International Developments in Upper Secondary Education: Context, provision and issues (1,076 KB). This report is published on the INCA website courtesy of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, NCCA, in Ireland, which sponsored the thematic study.

The Arts, Creativity and Cultural Education: an International Perspective (446 KB)

Lower Secondary Education: an International Comparison (91 KB)

Citizenship Education: an International Comparison (121 KB)

Mathematics in the School Curriculum: an International Perspective (91 KB)

Values and Aims in Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks (96 KB)

Primary Education: Expectations and Provision (63 KB)

INCA is the International Review of Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks Internet Archive.  It provides regularly updated descriptions of government policy on education in Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the USA and Wales, and makes particular reference to the curriculum, assessment and initial teacher training frameworks in place.

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