Preface. 1. Curriculum perspectives: an introduction; J. van den Akker. 2. Contrasting traditions: the English experience of curriculum change 1960-2000; B. Moon. 3. Images of the inquiry curriculum: innovative profiles of primary schools in Germany; U. Hameyer. 4. Curriculum reform in Israel: the power of individuals and other forces; M. Ben-Peretz. 5. Dutch secondary curriculum reform between ideals and implementation; J. van den Akker. 6. Mathematics textbooks and their use by teachers: a window into the education world of particular countries; B. Pepin, L. Haggerty. 7. Implications of the modular curriculum in the senior secondary school in Finland; J. Välijärvi. 8. Efforts to implement an open environmental education curriculum; K. Stokking. 9. Substantive trends in curriculum design and implementation: an analysis of innovations in The Netherlands; J. Terwel, M. Volman, W. Wardekker. 10. Social and political factors in the process of curriculum change; J. Letschert, J. Kessels. 11. Curriculum development from a technical-professional perspective; W. Kuiper, N. Nieveen, I. Visscher-Voerman. 12. ICT tools for curriculum development; S. McKenney, N. Nieveen. 13. Consequences of ICT for aims, contents, processes, and environments of learning; J. Voogt. 14. Digital learning materials: classification and implications for the curriculum; E. van den Berg, P. Blijleven, L. Jansen. Aboutthe Authors.