Issues and Trends in Curriculum Development

1. Issues and Trends in curriculum development
Dr. Vikramjit Singh, SXCE, Patna
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2. Few Factors affecting curriculum
� Change in society
� Explosion of knowledge
� Policy decision of government
� Different global events
� Different educational policies and documents
� Government rules and regulations.
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3. Curriculum related decision based on -
� Target population(kindergarten, college, students or
teachers)
� Treatment(remedial, enrichment)
� Service(curricular, institutional, counseling, school and
community)
� Setting( urban/rural) and
� Policy(local, regional, state or national)
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4. Issues and trends in Curriculum
1. Disadvantaged – At risk-
special needs students.
o Poor students,
o malnourished students,
o Immigrant students,
o language disadvantage child,
o juvenile care centre students,
o abused students,
o pregnant students,
o school dropouts,
o AIDS and drug abused
o alcohol depended parents)
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5. Issues and trends in Curriculum
2. Inadequately trained personnel at the state and the local
level ( B.Ed. and Non-B.Ed.)
3. Lack of teacher participation
4. Vague objectives
5. Poor evaluation procedure
6. Lack of quality control in the implementation of a program
or policy.
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6. Issues and trends in Curriculum
7. Mismanagement and misappropriation of funds.
8. Unethical practices.
9. Increasing politicization of the curriculum
10. Issues of marginalized and minority classes
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7. Issues and trends in Curriculum
11. Fulfilling the demands of the multicultural education
a) Introducing materials that are multiracial, multiethnic, and non-
sexist.
b) Teaching values that promote cultural diversity and individuality.
c) Incorporating various cultural and ethnic activities in the classroom
and school community.
d) Encouraging multilingualism and multiple dialects.
e) Emphasizing multicultural teacher education program.
f) Multicultural instruction(field instruction, classroom based
instruction)
g) Bilingual education(importance of mother tongue)
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8. Issues and trends in Curriculum
12. School Reforms
 admission
 Regulations on privatization of schools
 Quality improvement parameters in government
schools
 Evaluation and pedagogy related policies
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9. Issues and trends in Curriculum
13. Issues of moral education and character building
I. Specific curricular content that one would define as moral
education.
II. Integrating moral education in the topics within different
subjects.
III. Various rituals and case movies, ‘best citizen award’
IV. The sign on bullet in board- ‘JUST SAY NO’.
V. Spontaneous interjection of moral talks in the classroom
discussion.
VI. Classroom rules and regulations for students.
VII. Moral interpretation of the lessons.
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10. Issues and trends in Curriculum
14. Technology and curriculum
 Computer as a tool in teaching and
learning
 Lack of teacher preparation
 Attitudinal issues and MANY MORE
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11. Some other Issues and trends in
Curriculum
15. Involvement of community in shaping the curriculum
16. Capitalism vs socialism
17. Left vs right views
18. Gender Issues
19. Inclusive education
20. Skills based education
21. Environmental issues
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12. Some other Issues and trends in
Curriculum
22. Lack of experts from every field
23. Lack of funds
24. Lack of resources(infrastructure as well as human)
25. Time constraints
26. Fixed mindset opposing changes
27. Lack of technology awareness- how to adapt and change
28. Parents awareness on policies
29. Stakeholders attitudes.
30. Bureaucratic challenges- policy approval as well as
implementation
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13. Thank You
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