curriculum

1. Week 7

2. Curriculum Implementation refers to how the
planned or officially designed course of study
is translated by the teacher into syllabuses,
schemes of work and lessons to be delivered to
students

4.  List three (3) factors that influence
curriculum implementation.
 Explain how any two of the factors listed
may influence curriculum implementation.

5.  The teacher’s role in curriculum implementation is
indisputable.
 Implementation takes place through the interaction of the
learner and the planned learning opportunities. Since it is
the teacher who selects and decides what to teach from
the prescribed curriculum, his role is a pivotal one.
 It is therefore important that the teacher understands the
curriculum document well, in order to implement it
effectively.
 Teachers should play a significant role in the designing of
the curriculum. In Guyana, a sample of teachers from
around the country attends workshops at the National
Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD),
where the curriculum is planned

6.  Learners are also a critical element in curriculum
implementation.
 While teachers are the arbiters of the classroom
practice, the learners hold the key to what is actually
transmitted and adopted from the official
curriculum.
 The official curriculum can be quite different from
the curriculum that is actually implemented.
 The learner factor influences teachers in their
selection of learning experiences, hence the need to
consider the diverse characteristics of learners in
curriculum implementation. For example, home
background and learner ability can determine what is
actually achieved in the classroom.

7.  Adequate resource and materials are
necessary for meaningful teaching to take
place.
 Textbooks, teaching aids and stationery are
needed to enable teachers and learners to
play their role satisfactorily in the
curriculum implementation process.
 Physical facilities such as classrooms,
laboratories, libraries and sport fields are
also necessary to provide a conducive
environment for implementation to take
place.

8.  Parent Teachers Associations, local
employers, church groups and local
government organizations also influence
curriculum implementation.
 These groups can provide schools with
financial resources to purchase required
materials, demand inclusion of certain
subjects in the curriculum and influence
learners to reject certain courses they
consider unacceptable

9.  One other factor that influences curriculum
implementation concerns the particular
circumstances of each school.
 Schools located in rich socio-economic
environments and those that have adequate
human and material resources can
implement the curriculum to an extent that
would be difficult or impossible for schools in
poor economic environments to implement.

10.  Cultural and ideological differences within a
society or country can also influence
curriculum implementation. Some
communities may resist a domineering
culture or government ideology and hence
affect the implementation of the centrally
planned curriculum.

11. Problems of curriculum implementation differ
from place to place. The particular
circumstances of each school as well as the
cultural and ideological differences within a
country such as Guyana play a major part in
curriculum implementation.

12. 1.Identify four (4) problems in your school
which affect the successful implementation of
curriculum.
2.Suggest possible solutions for these
problems.

13.  lack of trained teachers
 inadequate materials
 poor physical environment
 absenteeism of pupils
 large classes
 resistance from pressure group

14. Choose a Subject area and topic of your choice
and write a General Objective and a Specific
Objective.