Module 1: Contexts: Unit 1: Purposes of the school curriculum
|Unit 1 Activity 1: Changing curriculum principles |
|I have made appropriate entries in my commonplace book |√ |
|Unit 1 Activity 2: The hidden curriculum |
|I have made appropriate entries in my commonplace book |√ |
| Unit 1 Activity 3: Ivan Illich |
|I have made appropriate entries in my commonplace book |√ |
|Unit 1 Activity 4: What should the education system aim to achieve? |
|I have made appropriate entries in my commonplace book |√ |
|To what extent do you agree that 'schools should be inculcating knowledge relevant to modern society such as the ability to live |
|healthily, to manage money and to find fulfilment' (Bloom, 2008: para 2). In the space below, write a piece for your tutor, in no more |
|than 500 words, as a response to this question. |
|A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students (or "pupils") under the direction of teachers. Curriculum which is the |
|frame work of the school has been broadly defined as all the experiences learners have under the guidance of the school, and all planned |
|learning for which the school is responsible Marsh C.J and Willis