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Trends in Curriculum Development

Essential Question

What are the things that you would like

to Change and Transform in your

life?

I seek changesYou seek changesWe seek changes

Man seek changes

DEVELOPMENT “INNOVATIONS are INEVITABLE”

Changing Trends

With the demand brought about by the fast changing society, it is most likely that changes will occur.

In curriculum, changes and modifications are being introduced to keep pace with the changing world.

There is no stopping to innovations. In local or national setting, there are innovations that have been introduced.

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT LOCAL AND GLOBAL TRENDS

Addressing the Future:

Curriculum Innovations

What is “Innovation”?

According to The Merriam-Webster Thesaurus:

CHANGE

TRANSFORMATION

Importance of Curriculum

Curriculum plays very important role in the field of education. For every course curriculum is a backbone which reflects the structure of the course and clears all the dimensions, aims and objectives instructional strategies and so on.

Role of Curriculum

Curriculum should be relevant to the changing time, if there is a lag between the requirements and components in the curriculum then all task of teaching-learning becomes futile.

Up to Date Curriculum

Curriculum should be update. In the modern scenario many changes are taken every day.

Not only information but building of knowledge is equally important .

Effective Implementation

In this regard all these changes should be reflected in the curriculum then and then only application of earning is possible.

Modern trends in Curriculum Development:

1) Digital DiversityPresent age is an age of ICT technology has

touched to all the wakes of human life.  Technology has made various tasks easy, convenient and of quality.

To survive in the concern field, it is necessary for everyone to have a knowledge and skill of technology.

Education makes man enable to contribute, it strengthens the capabilities.

2) Need based Curriculums

Researches in all the fields resulted in to specialization.

Need based curriculum is the foremost need of the present education system. Many universities are developing need based short term programs for this purpose.

Mumbai University has introduced courses like – certificate course in Power Point, certificate course in tally, certificate courses

3) Modular Curriculum with credit base system

Modular curriculum gives real freedom of learning especially in the open learning  system his approach has been adopted at first

But now majority of traditional universities also  accepting his system; this is a real emerging trend in the modern curriculum.

4) Online Courses

Need based and choice based curriculums are available online also. E.g. course era .com  has introduced many useful need based courses for free of cost.

Government also takes  initiative for this e.g. Right to Information certificate course has been introduced by  Government of India to the Indian people. This course is free and online.

5) 21st century skills

All the curriculums of various courses should focus on 21st century skills. Skills like  

Collaboration, critical thinking, effective communication, multitasking stress management,  empathy are must for all the personals.

6) International Understanding

Globalization has made converted the world in to global village.

We should consider world as a one family and for this international understanding must be inculcate through  curriculum.

7) Constructivism

Constructivist approach believes that learner should be given freedom to construct his/her knowledge. Spoon feeding must be avoided.

If a learner is fully active in construction of knowledge then learning process will be highly effective.

In all the curriculums constructivist strategies must be given important place.

Curriculum Reforms in Pakistan

Curriculum Reforms have been underway since 2001 in Pakistan after a long period of neglect and stagnation.

From 2001-2003 curriculum ‘revision’ was undertaken in measured and tempered phases to keep the influential religious lobby in government at bay.

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In 2005 -06, curriculum of all grades and subjects (grades I-XII ) underwent a comprehensive reform in response to critiques

The persistent charges against the curriculum in use have been that it is: exclusionary, ideologically driven, bigoted, generating negative stereotypes with outmoded content and resistance to change;

All of which, leads to irrelevance and poor learning levels as corroborated by the latest National Education Assessment System reports (NEAS 2006 and 2008)

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The comprehensive national curriculum reforms began in 2005 embedded in three mega concurrent initiatives of the Ministry of Education

i) The National Education Policy Reform Process (NEPR)

ii) the National Curriculum Reforms, and the undertaking of the first ever National Education Census (NEC) of all service delivery units in Education (www.moe.gov.pk)

HOW THE INFORMATION AGE, WORKPLACE, MEDIA AND GREATER DEMOCRACY IMPACT CURRICULUM

DEVELOPEMENT

Four main challenges face the education system

Challenges Impacting Curriculum

Changing Workplace

Greater Democracy

Mass Media

Information Age

Information Age

More information has been producedInformation are made available to anybody,

anywhere and anytime.Has the present curriculum in educational

institutions taken into consideration these developments?

Changing Workplace

Automation and computerization is another development that is rapidly changing the workplace and type of job performed.

The workforce of the future will need to acquire skills in shorter periods of time and at faster rate to keep pace with knowledge that is fast competitive and relevant.

Influence of The Media

The onslaught of the media 24 hours a day and 7 days a week have brought with it both positive and negative content.

A plethora of forces are competing for the attention of children, adolescents and adults.

Are schools adequately preparing children with the skills and knowledge to make wise dicision?

Modern Trends

Constructivism, modular curriculum, credit system, Information technology these all are the emerging trends in curriculum development.

Conclusion

Constructivism, modular curriculum, credit system, Information technology these all are the emerging trends in curriculum development.

These trends should be given proper justice while developing curriculum.

Educators should learn to work together with their students, and with other experts in creating content, and are able to tailor it to exactly what they need.

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