INTRODUCTION. Curriculum is designed to develop successful learners. Confident and creative individuals and active and informed citizens (MCEECDYA‚ 2008‚ p.13). In 2008‚ the Australian Government promised to deliver a fair and equitable curriculum for the national’s educational system‚ taking the task away from the State and Local Governments. The purpose of this was to create an even level of education throughout the country whether in Hobart of Cape York‚ and to ensure our nations position
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“Curriculum is perceived as a plan or program for all the experiences that the learner encounters under the direction of the school” (Oliva and Gordon‚ 2013‚ p. 7). To the outside world‚ curriculum may be seen as the planned interaction of pupils with instructional content‚ materials‚ resources‚ and processes for evaluating the attainment of educational objectives according to the Oxford English Dictionary. However‚ as educators‚ creating a working definition for curriculum requires a delicate balance
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Purpose of Curriculum Assessment Curriculum assessment is the process of collecting information for the use in evaluation. Any information‚ data collected or obtained through various processes will be analyze for important decision making processes. Curriculum assessment may achieve the following purposes: 1. Highlight curriculum expectation. 2. Gather the information about what students know and can do. 3. Motivate students learn better. 4. Motivate and encourage
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The word curriculum generally refers to a series of courses that help learners achieve specific academic or occupational goals. A curriculum often consists of general learning objectives and a list of courses and resources. Some curricula are more like lesson plans‚ containing detailed information about how to teach a course‚ complete with discussion questions and specific activities for learners. Here are some strategies for developing a curriculum. Define the objective of the curriculum. The goal
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Brett Childers Coffman April 22‚ 2002 Curriculum Paper Curriculum‚ in my opinion‚ is the whole picture of education. It includes the teaching philosophy of a school and a teacher‚ the way the subject is taught in the classroom‚ the supplements used in assistance of teaching‚ the attitudes the school‚ the teachers and the administrators bring to the table‚ and the knowledge of the subject areas in the minds of the teachers. Curriculum can also be described as “a desired goal or set of
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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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DESIGNING CURRICULUM Objectives of these Guidelines: These guidelines will prepare the student to be able to: 1. List and describe the chapters and subsections of a thesis proposal and a research report and their proper order. 2. Describe the characteristics of an appropriate proposal title. 3. Compare and contrast the styles appropriate for (1) a dissertation or thesis‚ (2) a research proposal‚ (3) a research report‚ (4) a professional paper‚ and (5) a journal article. CURRICULUM PROPOSAL
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Significance of the Factors of Curriculum Development In the realms of universal educational system‚ the term “Curriculum” is widely used. Teacher’s Mind Resources (2011) elucidated that “the word curriculum comes from the Latin word meaning ‘a course for racing’.” By the terminology it self‚ the definition is so broad that its profoundness‚ if applied to schools‚ may define myriad things which might relate to‚ as what almost all teachers nowadays perceive‚ as contents to be taught to children
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THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROCESS Curriculum development has no beginning nor end‚ and there is no perfect product for the final curriculum document. Scales (1985) wrote that “in actual practice‚ development and implementation of the curriculum is an integral phenomenon developed in a very integrated and interrelating manner; one component‚ not necessarily springing full grown and naturally from another‚ nor will any single component usually stand without some revision after subsequent parts are
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Saber-tooth Curriculum and how it is linked to the implementation of Outcomes Based Education and the National Curriculum Statement. The Saber-tooth Curriculum is a famous satire on curriculum development‚ which was published in 1939. It tells the story of New-Fist‚ and his curriculum. In a post-apartheid South Africa we can still learn a great deal from this satire. The universal principle is illustrated by the Saber-tooth Curriculum and I will also be reflecting on different curriculum approaches
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