All That Starts Well Ends Well discusses the importance of curriculum planning and development at different educational stages. It notes that every project requires proper planning of goals, resources, steps and offerings. For education, this results in curriculum which structures learning. At early stages, curriculum involves engaging activities that keep students interested and energized throughout the day. At higher levels, students have more autonomy to choose subjects and study modes to determine their career paths, with curriculum providing a flexible framework. Overall, well-planned curriculum equips individuals to be successful and responsible citizens.
1. All That Starts Well Ends Well
Every successful concept and project in life requires a proper framework and planning. This relates
to all processes, including education. Whenever we embark on any new plan or procedure, we need
to make sure that we have all the plans drawn up. What is on offer, what are the resources that we
have, what are the steps, which we need to take and what are the goals that we need to achieve are
some elements that need to be looked upon. A similar set of constraints when applied to education
in schools and colleges gives birth to curriculum. Here comes the importance of education sector in
india who concentrate on building up a strong method of learning for better results.
A curriculum is a set of courses, including their content, offered at a school or university. The
curriculum often contains a detailed list of subjects and the elements of teaching them. Proper
planning is involved in making curriculum because the small children have small retention and
concentration capacity. They get bored very easily and may get exhausted soon. Hence, planning
involves including activities that keep the preschoolers enthusiastic about learning and energized all
throughout the day.
A good curriculum is a perfect example of mixture of education and creativity. Children should be
provided with new toys, games and activities for keeping them busy in new activities regularly. A
smart approach is to alternate the available resources after small intervals. Some schools follow a
freestyle play oriented approach. This lets the children busy in play-oriented activities only with no
specific schedule. Child is left free to play and grasp understanding on his own but under the
supervision of a trained professional. While, some other schools follow a planned day-to-day
schedule, wherein, children are made to perform activities planned by the teacher on that day.
Different children respond differently to these different approaches. And the major players in
education sector follow the method which engages children more and entertain their learning
process.
At a higher stage of education, an unprecedented autonomy is provided to the students. The
students can opt for a more focused curriculum, based on their choice of subjects. A student will
graduate, post-graduate or attain a doctorate based on the choice of his subjects and the mode of
his study, both or either one determined by him. The curriculum here is reduced to just a framework
that is very flexible yet very important. The curriculum chosen by the student will go on to
determine the shape of his career. A curriculum prepares an individual with the knowledge to be
successful, confident and responsible citizens.