PAST AND PRESENT IN THE ROMANIAN PRIMARY EDUCATION CURRICULUM

Abstract

The paper aims at analysing the changes that marked the evolution of both the curriculum frameworks and the syllabi for primary education in Romanian post-communist era, considering the stages of the education reforms started in 1990 and continuing at present. Thus, by closely examining the curricular documents for primary education issued during the given period, we will try to identify the strengths and the weaknesses characterising each phase, so that a global perspective of the primary education reform in Romania in the recent past could be provided. Therefore, our paper is an invitation addressed to all stakeholders to reflect on the past, the present and, notably, on the future of primary education in Romania.

Keywords

• curriculum
• framework curriculum
• syllabi
• primary education
• curricular reform.