EA-561: Curriculum Planning History

Curriculum Planning History
Grand Canyon University EDA-561
Fabienne Dominique
June 10, 2015

Curriculum Planning History Curriculum was created to be used as a guide and implemented to maximize student learning and to achieve optimal academic achievement. According to Kelting-Bigson (2013) Prior to 1900 the idea of curriculum was simply describing it in terms of subjects, time allotted to these subjects, and when in years students would take these subjects. Beginning in early 1900, curriculum was viewed differently as more of a science with principles and methodology (Kliebard, 1995; Orstein & Hunkins, 1998).The reason for curriculum is it outline knowledge that needs to be learned for each content area for each grade and
There are political and historical occurrences throughout the years that have molded and influenced the current curriculum designs used by many states and districts in our schools. Throughout the past decade ELL and SIOP laws have impacted curriculum designs in both positive and negative ways. Many of these changes have focused on students with disabilities and insufficient learning curves. Because of this there is a lack of academic challenges for gifted students. Possessing a historical sense of curriculum allows us to realize the fact that the field of curriculum is continues to mature (Kelting-Bigson, 2013). Throughout the history of educational curriculum there have been many curriculum specialist which have impacted the development of educational curriculum. Many of these curriculum specialist have conducted and obtained research to find more effective approaches to create a curriculum that maximizes student academic learning. The focus for one of the specialists, Hunter, “Motivation, a student’s intent to learn, is one of the most important factors in successful accomplishment….Therefore, we need to become knowledgeable about and skilled in the use of
The students who are gifted are usually not brought up because they are succeeding academically, but these students are not being challenged. These students also need to be considered while creating/planning a curriculum. By creating a curriculum that targets ELL, ESE, and gifted students all students regardless of their academic level would be reached. When creating a gifted curriculum it is important to have proficiency as well has higher goals/levels that the students can obtain. The problem with some gifted programs is that it takes away from other subjects like music, pe, and art. These programs although not on standardized test are valuable for the