Question

Discuss forces and issues that influence curriculum development.

Answer 1

Ans) Curriculum:

- Course of study
- Systematic arrangement of courses
- Planned educational experiences offered by a school
- The process teachers go through in selecting and organizing learning experiences for their students.

Curriculum development:

Curriculum development is a process of improving the curriculum.

• Four Forces that influence curriculum:

- the teacher

- standards and accountability,

- federal government,

- textbooks

To explain it:

1) Teacher: priorities and what they believe is important will determine the curriculum
(2) standards and accountability: strongly emphasize reading/language arts and math in their teaching because these areas are important for tests
(3) federal government: illustrated in legislation that all students have access to the general curriculum
(4) textbooks are helpful resources

• Issues that occur while influencing curriculum development:

- Sex education influences the curriculum primarily in what content should be taught.
- Authorities generally agree that ethics and morals should be taught in schools, but they disagree about the approach that educators should take.
- The issue is more with the approach of instruction rather than the content to be taught.