Sunday, September 20, 2009
Tesk II
The purpose of curriculum is to help children and young people to become successful learners with enthusiasm and motivation for learning with determination to reach high standards of achievement and with openness to new thinking and ideas; also help them to be able to use literacy, communication and numeracy skills; to use technology for learning; to think creatively and independently; to learn independently and as part of a group; to make reasoned evaluations and to link and apply different kinds of learning in new situations. The purpose of curriculum is also to help learners to be confident individuals with self respect, a sense of physical, emotional and emotional wellbeing, secure values and beliefs and ambition; and help learners to be able to relate to others and manage themselves and develop and communicate their own beliefs and view of the world. Teachers serve a tool role in this purpose. We help learners to reach the goals. I am the one designing the Chinese curriculum for FCPS middle school students. So I am fully controlling the content. I believe teachers should have most control of designing the curriculums since they are the one who are going to use the curriculum as guideline. They have the frontline experiences. Every teacher’s classroom and students needs are different. To my situation, I know my students’ level and abilities, so I could design a curriculum that my students could achieve. In my classroom, the curriculum is the goal of my teaching. Every activity is linked to the curriculum.
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We do ask a curriculum to do a lot for us- is it possible for it to assist with emotional well being, values, beliefs, ambition.. Is this too much to ask of a curriculum? Can a curriculum be this broad or is a narrower curriculum more feasible? I agree that our goals for education should be much wider than teaching academic skills and information but how should curriculum fit into this puzzle (to use your wording from your other blog)? Should it/ could it be all encompassing or should it be more narrowly circumscribed?
ReplyDeleteI think that is awesome that you are designing your own curriculum-it sounds like you really know what works best for you and your classroom. I think it's interesting how you say that teachers should have the most control over designing the curriculum. I know lots of other people that agree with you, but I feel totally different about that in my situation! If you are willing and able to do that successfully, then that is great, but for me I don't think I'd be as successful with designing as I am with implementing curriculum.
ReplyDeleteTeachers should be involved in the development of curriculum, but it one needs to be careful because if every teacher in the district designs his/her own curriculum, where or who determines the standards not just for the district but the school? Curriculum is central, but the goal of teaching is student learning. Curriculum is the guide that leads to accomplish that goal.
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