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The document discusses issues and trends in curriculum development. It outlines factors that affect curriculum such as changes in society, the explosion of knowledge, and government policies. Curriculum decisions are based on characteristics of the target population as well as policy context. Key issues in curriculum include disadvantaged students, inadequately trained teachers, vague objectives, and poor evaluation procedures. Emerging trends involve fulfilling demands of multicultural education, school reforms, and integrating technology and moral education into the curriculum. Other ongoing issues relate to resources, expertise, attitudes, and bureaucratic challenges in curriculum development.
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Introduction to issues and trends impacting curriculum development presented by Dr. Vikramjit Singh.
Factors affecting curriculum include societal changes, knowledge explosion, government policies and regulations.
Curriculum decisions based on target population, treatment, services, setting, and policy levels.
Focus on curriculum challenges for disadvantaged groups, including poor, immigrant, and special needs students.
Challenges in curriculum include inadequate training, poor teacher engagement, vague objectives, and evaluation issues.
Key issues include mismanagement of funds, unethical practices, and increased politicization of curriculum.
Importance of multicultural education: diversity in materials, values, activities, and promoting multilingualism.
Reforms in admissions, privatization, quality improvements, and evaluation policies for government schools.
Integration of moral education into curriculum, including specific content and classroom discussions.
Challenges integrating technology in curriculum, including lack of teacher preparation and attitudes.
Issues like community involvement, societal views, inclusive education, and environmental concerns in curriculum.
Challenges include lack of experts, funds, resources, and awareness among parents and stakeholders.
Conclusion of the presentation by Dr. Vikramjit Singh.
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- 1. Issues and Trendsin curriculum development Dr. Vikramjit Singh, SXCE, Patna E-Content-MCC-07- Issues and Trends in Curriculum Development 1 © Dr. Vikramjit Singh © SXCE, Patna
- 2. Few Factors affectingcurriculum � Change in society � Explosion of knowledge � Policy decision of government � Different global events � Different educational policies and documents � Government rules and regulations. E-Content-MCC-07- Issues and Trends in Curriculum Development 2 © Dr. Vikramjit Singh © SXCE, Patna
- 3. Curriculum related decisionbased 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) E-Content-MCC-07- Issues and Trends in Curriculum Development 3 © Dr. Vikramjit Singh © SXCE, Patna
- 4. Issues and trendsin 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) E-Content-MCC-07- Issues and Trends in Curriculum Development 4 © Dr. Vikramjit Singh © SXCE, Patna
- 5. Issues and trendsin 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. E-Content-MCC-07- Issues and Trends in Curriculum Development 5 © Dr. Vikramjit Singh © SXCE, Patna
- 6. Issues and trendsin Curriculum 7. Mismanagement and misappropriation of funds. 8. Unethical practices. 9. Increasing politicization of the curriculum 10. Issues of marginalized and minority classes E-Content-MCC-07- Issues and Trends in Curriculum Development 6 © Dr. Vikramjit Singh © SXCE, Patna
- 7. Issues and trendsin 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) E-Content-MCC-07- Issues and Trends in Curriculum Development 7 © Dr. Vikramjit Singh © SXCE, Patna
- 8. Issues and trendsin Curriculum 12. School Reforms admission Regulations on privatization of schools Quality improvement parameters in government schools Evaluation and pedagogy related policies E-Content-MCC-07- Issues and Trends in Curriculum Development 8 © Dr. Vikramjit Singh © SXCE, Patna
- 9. Issues and trendsin 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. E-Content-MCC-07- Issues and Trends in Curriculum Development 9 © Dr. Vikramjit Singh © SXCE, Patna
- 10. Issues and trendsin Curriculum 14. Technology and curriculum Computer as a tool in teaching and learning Lack of teacher preparation Attitudinal issues and MANY MORE E-Content-MCC-07- Issues and Trends in Curriculum Development 10 © Dr. Vikramjit Singh © SXCE, Patna
- 11. Some other Issuesand 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 E-Content-MCC-07- Issues and Trends in Curriculum Development 11 © Dr. Vikramjit Singh © SXCE, Patna
- 12. Some other Issuesand 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 E-Content-MCC-07- Issues and Trends in Curriculum Development 12 © Dr. Vikramjit Singh © SXCE, Patna
- 13. Thank You E-Content-MCC-07- Issuesand Trends in Curriculum Development 13 © Dr. Vikramjit Singh © SXCE, Patna