2. Definitions of Curriculum
1. Curriculum is all of the experiences
children have under the guidance of
teachers.
2. Curriculum encompasses all learning
opportunities provided by school.
3. Curriculum is a plan for all experiences
which the learner encounters in school.
4. Bodies of knowledge and skills.
4. What is the nature of curriculum?
• Curriculum is something determined by
experts and authorities.
• There is no right curriculum.
• Curriculum should reflect the real world, be
practical, of use.
• There are many curricula we can learn and
negotiate
5. 2 MAJOR ISSUES AS TO WHO
PLANS THE CURRICULUM
1. National or State and Local curriculum
control.
2. Relationship of laymen, academic scholars,
and elementary school and secondary school
and collegiate educators in curriculum
planning, parents and etc.
8. ROLE OF STAKEHOLDERS IN
CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION
• Stakeholders are individuals or
institutions that are interested in
school curriculum.
• These stakeholders shape the
school curriculum
implementation.
9. Some of the considerations teachers
should have in curricular
implementation
10. Who owns the curriculum?
• A teacher in a public school is an employee of
the district, which is an educational entity of
the state.
• It is the state, the governor, the legislature
(the state dept. of education or state board of
education) which has ultimate responsibility
over the curriculum.
11. From a designer or technician to a
decision maker.
• At this point, teachers’ role shift from a developer to
an implementer.
• Which of the plans should be put in to action and
how should it be done are decisions which the
teachers should make.
• Curriculum implementation is now giving life to
the written material. To do this, there is the need of
another actor, the learners. No curriculum will
succeed without the learners
12. “CURRICULUM MANAGERS AND
ADMINISTRATORS”
• In a school organization, there is always a
curriculum manager or school administrator. In fact,
for school principals, one of their functions is being a
curriculum manager.
• They supervise curriculum implementation, select
and recruit new teachers, admit students, procure
equipment and materials needed for effective
learning. They also plan for the improvement of
school facilities and physical plants.
14. CURRICULUM POLICIES AND
LEGISLATION
Department of Education through
various orders, circulars, memoranda
and bulletins. They are aligned with
national priorities and contribute to
the achievement of development
goals.
15. These functions are exercised in
consultation with other agencies
and sectors of society (e.g.
industry, socio-civic groups,
teacher-training institutions,
professional organizations,
school administrators, parents,
students, etc.)
16. However, while curriculum implementation
guidelines:
National level- the actual implementation-
school-teachers.
Determine the resources to be used; teaching
and assessment strategies and other
processes.
Schools-modify the national curriculum
(e.g. content, sequence and teaching strategies)
in order to ensure that the curriculum
responds to local concerns.
17. EVALUATION
National Educational Testing and Research Centre (NETRC)
• National achievement tests to students leaving the education
sector.
• For grade VI & 9-NAT, The tests cover five subject areas.
And are administered annually, towards the end of the school
year.
• The results provide the bases for policy formulation and
educational reforms.
• At the regional and division levels, diagnostic and
achievement tests are administered to a sample group
depending on the availability of funds.
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