The development, function and future of Compacts

Abstract

Examines reasons for Britain’s economic decline and sets the context for a partnership between education and industry. Examines the benefits of a work‐invested curriculum with particular reference to the primary sector. Seeks reasons for and the consequences of the haphazard approaches that have characterized some of these links. Against this backcloth undertakes a case study to determine the content and economic concepts which might characterize a curriculum to include economic awareness. The models proposed were devised as part of the curriculum development in the author’s school explaining the process and planning of its implementation within a preconceived curriculum framework. Concludes with an appraisal of the benefits of the initiative and the wider implications of links between education and industry.

Citation

Nixon, P. (1996), "The development, function and future of Compacts", Education + Training, Vol. 38 No. 7, pp. 23-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000004285