Supporting the Curriculum 1. Explain what is meant by the term National Curriculum? The national curriculum is a legal requirement and is compulsory to all schools children aged 5 to 16 whether attending private or public school. Schools must provide an age appropriate and achievableeducation to all students. Schools are required to provide a varied education including English‚ mathematics‚ science‚ religious education and physical education. The education should challenge the learner and needs
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(1999) looks at exploring the curriculum and asks why our courses look the way they look‚ how they may have developed and how we can understand our courses better in order to help improve the quality of our student’s learning. It also covers definitions of ‘curriculum’ “The curriculum is a formal course of study as at a college‚ university or training provider” This is a definition with which I agree‚ or it is “... the public form of attempting to put an educational idea into practice” which shows
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Educational Philosophies The Pros and Cons 12/3/2013 The five main philosophies of education are Essentialism‚ Perennialism‚ Progressivism‚ Social Reconstructionism‚ and Existentialism. Many heated and widely controversial debates have been discussed with famous historical representations on just which of these philosophies best serve our students. All philosophies‚ like many debated subjects‚ have their pros and cons when implemented towards student’s curriculum‚ teaching and assessment
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difficulties comparing students’ academic levels and determining national standards. An educational pioneer named Horace Mann created a standardized test in 1845 to give “children equal opportunities” (Gershon). The idea expanded globally and each nation created their own forms of testing to accommodate for their country’s academic system. In Thailand‚ for example‚ O-Net is the form of testing which not only is the basis for the national curriculum‚ but also helps the board evaluate the educators teaching
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human capital and they are not able to gain a complete‚ accurate understanding of human nature‚ so they continue to manage people as they do things. This is particularly evident in the military pay structure. When it comes to promotions and pay raises in the military‚ it is a simple
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organization that provides free educational material on a variety of subject to over forty two million registered users online‚ argues in his TED Talk “Lets Teach for Mastery – Not Test Scores” that the current system is continually building upon flaws in people’s knowledge that accumulate until they result in mistakes. With the current academic structure‚ Kahn argues that this result is bound to occur because while the current system identifies students’ problems through test‚ it fails to correct them
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Phoenix Material Credit Score Resources: • Five C’s web page located at the following link: http://www.loanuniverse.com/credit.html. • Credit Karma website (www.creditkarma.com) • Fair Isaac website (www.myfico.com) Directions Go to the Fair Isaac Co. website‚ www.myfico.com. Do not buy a credit score unless you choose to do so. For this activity‚ go to “Learn about scores”. Review this page‚ and follow the link to “What’s in your score”. From this page‚ follow the
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Synthesis Essay on Standardized Testing Standardized testing in the United States started in the mid- 1800’s (Standardized Tests - ProCon.org). This kind of testing was originally created to measure students’ performance and progress in school (Standardized Tests - ProCon.org). In recent years‚ the public school system has relied heavily on the information this test provides‚ in doing so creating controversy. Other than being a student myself‚ and participating in multiple standardized exams such as
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The History of Curriculum Planning Hiawatha L. Blunt Grand Canyon University: EDA 561 July 17‚ 2013 The History of Curriculum Planning An effective curriculum depends on its design. When developing and planning a curriculum‚ educators must focus on student success. According to Danielson (2002)‚ “educators follow clearly defined steps that are designed to link the local curriculum to state and district content standards” (p. 81). Once a state has established a Standard Course of Study‚ educators
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useful tool for identifying the strengths and weaknesses‚ whereas the current standardized tests are provides limited feedback. While the standardized tests are‚ by design‚ suitable for punishing or rewarding purpose‚ the portfolio approach provides insights necessary to improve teaching-learning environment thus‚ serves as a learning tool. Using standardized tests as the evaluation technique for identifying educational gaps in schools with different economical and social background is also deemed
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