Curriculum
Can a school exist without a curriculum?
No. Schools need to produce results that conform to the interests of society and to do that it needs a direction. A curriculum provides that direction.
How does a strong belief or philosophy influence curriculum?
As a teacher if you are to present the content of your subject matter you have to ask yourself first why you need to teach such content and it’s the same with curriculum. To identify what makes up the curriculum you need to answer questions such as what to teach, how to teach, what materials you need to teach, etc. All of those questions can be answered through philosophy. Philosophy is the basis of all decision making related to curriculum development.
As future teachers, how important will a curriculum be to you?
A curriculum will be my guide in teaching my students what they need for lifelong learning – that when the time comes I stop being their teacher, I can still guarantee that they will be equipped with what they need to be accomplished persons of the society.
What are the implications of an ever changing curriculum to teachers?
Teachers have to keep learning to keep up with the demands of an ever changing curriculum.
Five persons who contributed to the field of curriculum
1. Philip Phenix – Curriculum should consist of knowledge which comes from various disciplines
2. John Dewey – “thought is not derived from action but tested by application”; “learning in isolation separates the mind from action” – there are skills only learned while in a group
3. Hilda Taba – improved Ralph Tyler’s model for curriculum development, included teachers in the process
4. Robert Gagne – five learning outcomes
5. Howard Gardner – multiple intelligences
How do philosophy, psychology, history and society influence the development of a curriculum?
Explain how the three processes of planning, implementing and evaluating are used in curriculum development?
No. Schools need to produce results that conform to the interests of society and to do that it needs a direction. A curriculum provides that direction.
How does a strong belief or philosophy influence curriculum?
As a teacher if you are to present the content of your subject matter you have to ask yourself first why you need to teach such content and it’s the same with curriculum. To identify what makes up the curriculum you need to answer questions such as what to teach, how to teach, what materials you need to teach, etc. All of those questions can be answered through philosophy. Philosophy is the basis of all decision making related to curriculum development.
As future teachers, how important will a curriculum be to you?
A curriculum will be my guide in teaching my students what they need for lifelong learning – that when the time comes I stop being their teacher, I can still guarantee that they will be equipped with what they need to be accomplished persons of the society.
What are the implications of an ever changing curriculum to teachers?
Teachers have to keep learning to keep up with the demands of an ever changing curriculum.
Five persons who contributed to the field of curriculum
1. Philip Phenix – Curriculum should consist of knowledge which comes from various disciplines
2. John Dewey – “thought is not derived from action but tested by application”; “learning in isolation separates the mind from action” – there are skills only learned while in a group
3. Hilda Taba – improved Ralph Tyler’s model for curriculum development, included teachers in the process
4. Robert Gagne – five learning outcomes
5. Howard Gardner – multiple intelligences
How do philosophy, psychology, history and society influence the development of a curriculum?
Explain how the three processes of planning, implementing and evaluating are used in curriculum development?