Non‐statutory guidelines for Planning, teaching and assessing the curriculum for pupils with learning difficulties have recently been published by QCA/DfEE (2001). The materials consist of 15 booklets which incorporate general guidelines on developing the school curriculum for pupils with learning difficulties, support material for developing skills across the curriculum, and support material for each National Curriculum subject, personal, social and health education (PSHE), and religious education (RE).
This article, written by the research and development officers (RDOs) involved in the project, outlines the process of developing these guidelines and discusses some of the issues arising during the project. It focuses particularly on the development of the subject materials, using the subject of geography to illustrate points.
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