Jansen, Jonathan D.2006-02-102006-02-101991Jansen, J 1991, ‘The state and curriculum in the transition to socialism: the Zimbabwean experience’, Comparative Education Review, vol. 35, issue 1, pp. 76-91. [http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CER/home.html]http://hdl.handle.net/2263/161Uses a case study of curriculum innovation in Zimbabwe to assess existing explanations of why colonial curriculum content persists in many postcolonial states despite radical policy efforts. Argues for the primacy of conflict, history, and politics as determinants of school curriculum in Third World transition states.1904124 bytesapplication/pdfenPlease refer to Sherpa policies http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.phpCurriculum developmentEducational changeGovernment rolePolitics of educationEducational policyDeveloping countriesConflictSocial changeCultural differencesArticle