The process of curriculum development is highly practical, as Goodson shows in this enlarged anniversary third edition. This book questions the basis on which subjects are developed and formulates new possibilities for development.

Part 1 Becoming an Academic Subject; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Growth of the English Education System; Chapter 3 Academic 'Subjects' and Curriculum Change; Part 2 School Subjects; Chapter 4 Biology; Chapter 5 Geography; Chapter 6 Rural Studies; Part 3 Relationship Between Subjects; Chapter 7 'Climates of Opinion' with Respect to Education and the Environment, 1960-1975; Chapter 8 Redefining Rural Studies; Chapter 9 Construction of an 'A' Level Syllabus; Chapter 10 The Defence of Geography and Biology; Chapter 11 The Negotiation of Environmental Studies; Part 4 Conclusions; Chapter 12 Conclusions, Complexities and Conjectures;