GUPEA http://gupea.ub.gu.se/dspace/ GUPEA Gothenburg University Publications Electronic Archive This is an author produced version of a paper presented at European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), 10-12 September 2008, Gothenburg, Sweden Post-Graduate and New Researchers' Pre-Conference This paper has been peer-reviewed but does not include the final publisher proof-corrections or journal pagination. Citation for the published paper: Getahun Y Abraham Compulsory School Curricula of South Africa (RNCS, 2002) and Sweden (Lpo94) URL: http://www.ipd.gu.se/english/ecer2008 Access to the published version may require subscription. Published with permission from: European Educational Research Association (EERA)