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June 15, 2026The Curriculum Journal

Curriculum integration in policy and practice: Alignment and obstacles for teaching

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TFTiril Smerud Finnanger

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Investigates curriculum integration alignment in national policy and teachers' experiences, highlighting obstacles faced in practice.

Key Points

  • This research explores how curriculum integration is understood and implemented within the Norwegian education system.
  • Document analysis of national curriculum and education policy
  • Interviews with teachers regarding their experiences and understandings
  • Focus on the Knowledge Promotion Reform 2020 and its integrated topics
  • Teachers seek higher integration than the national curriculum prescribes
  • Significant conceptual differences exist between policy and teachers' practices
  • Obstacles include lack of formal collaboration structures and specific assessment goals.

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Tiril Smerud Finnanger (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2f9885a1cfeec490829809https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.70071
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