CONTENT
∙ The design,implementation and assessment
∙ Resources available and resources needed
∙ Educational policies and curriculum development
∙ Curriculum development in Maldives
3.
CONTENT
∙ What isCurriculum Implementation
∙ Individual Involved in Curriculum Implementation
✔ Teachers
✔ Students
✔ Principals/School Management Team
✔ Parents
Curriculum implementation in Maldives – issues and trends in the
curriculum for specific subject areas.
What do youknow about curriculum
revisions?
•When was curriculum revised?
•Why do you think it had to be
revised?
•Brainstorm.
6.
Who is involvedin curriculum
development?
•Discuss all the relevant stakeholders who you think
should be involved in curriculum development.
List them!.
Center of thecurriculum
the very reason a curriculum is developed
They are the ones who are directly
influenced by it.
LEARNERS
12.
Learners are theprimary stakeholders of
the curriculum
Universal
individual
characteristi
cs of the
Students
Gender
Aspiration
s and
Personal
Goals
Age
Emotional
Development
Interest
Mental
Cultural
Backgroun
d
Physical
ROLE OF ATEACHER
The teacher prepares activities for the students to do.
The teachers address the goals and needs interests of
the learners by creating experiences from where the
students can learn.
The teacher designs, enriches, and modifies the
curriculum to suit the learner’s characteristics.
A teacher is a curriculum maker.
He/she writes a curriculum daily
through a lesson plan, a unit plan or a
yearly plan.
17.
A developed curriculum
remainsinactive, if it is not
implemented.
…teacher role’s shifts from
a developer to an implementer.
18.
Doing implies guiding,facilitating and directing
activities
which will be done by the students.
The teachers’ role as an implementer is very crucial.
Oftentimes, unsuccessful implementation of the curriculum
becomes the root
of e d u c a t i o n a l f a i l u r e ,
thus
some would say that the root of the educationalproblem
is the teacher.
19.
Although educational theoristand practitioners are
giving value the idea of independent learning and
learning how to learn, the role of the teacher in
curriculum implementation has never diminished.
No technology can ever replace a teacher, it will only support
the multifaceted role of the teacher.
20.
In a schoolorganization, there is
always a curriculum manager or
school administrator.
In fact, for school principals, one of
their functions is being a curriculum
manager.
CURRICULUM MANAGERS AND
ADMINISTRATORS
21.
Why are schooladministrators and
curriculum managers important to the
curriculum
implementation?
Supervise
curriculu
m
implemen
tation
Admit
student
s
Select
and
recruit
new
teacher
Provide
procedures
,
equipment
and
materials
needed for
effective
teaching
22.
‘‘ My childand my money go to this school.’’
Supporters of the curriculum
PARENTS
23.
How do theparents shape the curriculum and
why are they consider as
stakeholders?
A. Effective parental involvement in school affairs
may be linked to parent educational programs
which is central to high quality educational
experiences of the children.
B. The parent’s involvement extends from the
confine of the school to the homes.
C. In most schools the Parents Association is
organized
24.
COMMUNITY
MEMBERS
success in theimplementation of the
curriculum requires resources.
Respected community members maybe
included in school boards
Some can become resource speakers.
They can provide local and indigenous
knowledge in school curriculum
25.
Professional organizations haveshown great influence in
school curriculum.
They are asked by curriculum specialists to contribute
in curriculum review since they have a voice in the
licensure examinations, curriculum enhancement and
many more.
On the other hand, since all schools in the country, are under
the regulation of the government, the government has a great
stake in curriculum implementation.
OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS
26.
Resources for curriculumdevelopment
•Work in two groups and come up with a list of
resources available and also, what resources you
think are still required?
•Think of this in terms of your specialized subject area
27.
Analysis of policiesrelating to
curriculum development in the Maldives
•National Curriculum Framework
•Assessment and Pedagogy
Guide
•Inclusive Education Policy
28.
Curriculum implementation inthe
Maldives
•What
are
the issues and trends in the
existing
curriculum for your specialized subject area?
•You can identify them by reading different
studies done in the Maldivian context
•Talking to different stakeholders.
•Statistics provided by different government
agencies.
•Write a summary of your findings by giving reference.
Your summary should be 200 to 250 words long