Competency curriculum design and implementation : elements for successful implementation of basic skills and citizenship in Dutch secondary education
Schenkel, Quintijn (2025)
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2025060219476
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2025060219476
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This thesis investigates the implementation of a competency-based curriculum within a decentralized Dutch educational institution. The preparation for this implementation was well thought and profound, but the results seemed disap-pointing. This raised the question: “What is needed for a successful implemen-tation?”. This question is explored through a postpositivist lens, focusing on the relationship between participative leadership, teacher agency, and profes-sionalism in curriculum design and implementation.
Grounded in Goodlad’s conceptual model of curriculum inquiry, the study op-erationalizes key constructs through a quantitative survey and supplements findings with secondary data from feedback forms and internal audits. The re-search identifies that while collaborative efforts were positively received and enhanced teacher agency and professionalism, they were not sufficient to en-sure full implementation of the curriculum reform.
The findings show that the process need an additional step, emphasizing the need for continued development, structured support, and sustained collabora-tion to enhance implementation in classroom practice.
Grounded in Goodlad’s conceptual model of curriculum inquiry, the study op-erationalizes key constructs through a quantitative survey and supplements findings with secondary data from feedback forms and internal audits. The re-search identifies that while collaborative efforts were positively received and enhanced teacher agency and professionalism, they were not sufficient to en-sure full implementation of the curriculum reform.
The findings show that the process need an additional step, emphasizing the need for continued development, structured support, and sustained collabora-tion to enhance implementation in classroom practice.