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The Portuguese curriculum policy is rooted in a centralist tradition, which started to be challenged in the context of the educational reform of the late 1980s. The policy-makers' discourse has been, for the past quarter-century, loaded with calls for decentralization and a number of measures with some decentralizing potential have been taken. A careful analysis of the main official documents, combined with a review of research reports, reveals that curriculum policymaking in Portugal is still very centralized and dependent on the prescription of detailed study plans and syllabi. These tend to be followed very strictly. Therefore, Portuguese schools are still far from becoming strong curriculum agencies.
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Curriculum Regulation Europe
Citation
Sousa, F. (2013). "Portugal – The mirage of curricular autonomy". In W. Kuiper & J. Berkvens (Eds.), «Balancing curriculum regulation and freedom across Europe» (pp. 189-210). Enschede, the Netherlands: SLO. ISBN 978-90-329-2336-5.
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CIDREE (Consortium of Institutions for Development and Research in Education in Europe)