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In 2008 the Ministry of Education (MoE) in Kuwait began the reform of the science curriculum in schools at all academic stages: primary (grades 1–5), intermediate (6–9) and secondary (10–12). The new science curriculum was adapted from an original curriculum which was designed and published by the US company Pearson-Scott Foreman.
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Alshammari, A.S., Mansour, N., Skinner, N. (2015). The Socio-Cultural Contexts of Science Curriculum Reform in the State of Kuwait. In: Mansour, N., Al-Shamrani, S. (eds) Science Education in the Arab Gulf States. Cultural and Historical Perspectives on Science Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-049-9_11
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