leader‚ you are bombarded with so many student needs‚ parents concerns‚ teacher concerns‚ paper works that it seems futile to think of improving the teaching of every teacher. What‚ indeed‚ can the writer as only one person‚ do? Thinking about curriculum is an old thinking about education; it is difficult to imagine any inquiry into the nature of education without deliberate attention to the question of what should be taught. The question of what to teach and how to teach it involves a selection
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The Hidden Curriculum The hidden curriculum is a well-recognised element of education. The term is often accredited to Philip W. Jackson as it was first coined in his publication “Life in classrooms” (1968) however the theory had been present in education for some time before‚ philosopher John Dewey had experimented with the idea in some of his early 20th century works. It deals with the covert area of curriculum. This piece will first and foremost explore the idea of curriculum beyond subjects
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Curriculum Development Process Purpose 1. This paper describes the curriculum development process that will be used to develop the national curriculum. It also describes the structure of writing teams and consultation groups that will be involved in the national curriculum development. Background 2. The Board is committed to a process of curriculum development in each learning area that: • provides opportunities for consultation • establishes achievable timelines • ensures high quality curriculum
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Key elements and relationships in curriculum Key elements within the curriculum and the relationships between them are shown in diagram 1 below. Staff and students are at the heart of curriculum. The relationships between them are shaped by the answers to key questions about assessment‚ content‚ learning interactions and the connections between those elements. In the diagram the top question in each pair is a design question for staff. The lower set of questions is commonly asked by students
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About a half-century ago‚ Abraham Maslow proposed on of the most influential ideas ever to come out of psychology. This idea says‚ "that different motives have different priorities‚ based on a hierarchy of needs." But what about the artist who‚ in the flow state‚ disregards the need for food or warmth‚ sometimes for days at a time? And what about those "instincts" that drive animal migrations and‚ perhaps‚ some human behaviors‚ such as nursing in newborn infants? There are a few things wrong with
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Curriculum - The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed‚ as a plan or method‚ or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also‚ the result of developing‚ or a developed state. Other considered definitions: 1. A curriculum may refer to a defined and prescribed course of studies‚ which students must fulfill in order to pass a certain level of education
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But‚ in the current era educators learned that standards are not enough unless they ensure to increase students ’ performance. Therefore the concept of Curriculum mapping came into force by (Jacob‚ 1997) so that teachers can translate the standards into actual classroom practice as what and how they teach and assess students ’ performance. Curriculum mapping is the process of recording what content taught in the classroom‚ school or district over a period of time and the data provide a summary of a
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Discussant Professor Topic: Curriculum Mapping Key Words: curriculum mapping‚ lesson planning‚ TLMS‚ horizontal alignment‚ vertical alignment‚ Curriculum Creator. Introduction To design a standard-based curriculum is one thing‚ but to translate the standards into actual classroom practices and to assess student mastery is one of complexity and non-conformity
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THE RELIGIOUS‚ POLITICAL‚ ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INFLUENCES AND EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE COUNTRY AFFECTED AND SOMETIMES DICTATED THE KIND OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPED IN THAT PARTICULAR EPOCH OF PHILIPPINE HISTORY. COLONIAL RULE IN THE COUNTRY TAILORED THE CURRICULUM TO SERVE COLONIAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. BEFORE THE COMING OF THE SPANIARDS THE FILIPINO POSSESSED A CULTURE OF THEIR OWN. THEY HAD CONTACTS WITH OTHER FOREIGN PEOPLES FROM ARABIA‚ INDIA‚ CHINA‚ INDO-CHINA AND BORNEO. THE DIARIES
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Curriculum Development The term curriculum originates from the Latin meaning “race course”. The term has been expanded and today is more widely used in education to mean "a plan for a sustained process of teaching and learning" (Pratt‚ 1997‚ p. 5). There are numerous formats for curriculum models. They can be deductive‚ meaning “they proceed from the general (examining the needs of society‚ for example) to the specific (specifying instructional objectives‚ for example)”‚ or inductive
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