Presentation 6564 unit 5 Curriculum Planning and Evaluation Educational Planning and Management- EPM

1. Course: Curriculum Planning and Evaluation
Presentation By: Ibrash Pasha- MA Education
Planning & Management- EPM

2.  We live in a highly innovative and information
age.
 We need to know and adopt innovative,
creative, discovery, inventions based
education
 After the WW the nations assessed their
capacities, capabilities, potentials, curriculum
and did comparison with other nations

3.  Various bodies nationally and internationally
assessed the education system and produced
reports, with areas for improvements.
 National Science Foundation has worked on
interactions of Science and Technology in
innovation process.

4.  NSF findings
◦ Technical Entrepreneur VS Innovations
◦ Recognizing technical opportunities and technical
needs
◦ Funding/ Finances is important
◦ Confluence/ Junction of technology for new
inventions

5.  Physical Science Committee (UNESCO-
Harvard- Open University Britain 6 guidelines
◦ Sufficient motivation required
◦ Innovations require visionaries to know the
unknown.
◦ It requires full time knowledgeable team
◦ Availability of finances
◦ Ministry of Education approval for implementation
◦ A feed back system

6.  Desire for change
◦ There is globally a desire for change in
curriculum.
◦ In Pakistan syllabus specially for math remained
static.
◦ Change in traditional way of teaching by
educators
◦ Various modernization efforts for science and
math have started
 PBL Inquiry Method

7.  Some projects
◦ Physical Science Curriculum Project. 1956
◦ Project Physics (Harvard) 1964
◦ Chemical Education Material Study- CHEM 1960
◦ Secondary School Math Curriculum improvement
study 1965
◦ Science- A Process Approach- SAPA 1962
◦ Pakistan Science Education Project- SEP Pak 1986

8.  New Trends
◦ Place of Science in Total Education
◦ Use of education technology and system approach
◦ Use of research studies in learning
◦ Inquiry oriented science teaching
◦ Open ended inquiry oriented
◦ Flexible science facilities
◦ Continuous teacher education program
◦ New curriculum development
◦ Establishment of permanent institutions (S&T)