Edc1400 Assignment 1
Assignment1
Part 1 (A)
What is Curriculum?
For Curriculum it does not matter the religion or the nationality, children are educated into particular modes which can make sense of their experiences and the environment around them, and also into a set of behavioral expectations, skills and knowledge, which the society requires for its future.
A curriculum In practice, though is more than this. it is useful to think of it as being much wider. As a working definition of a curriculum I would say that it is the sum of all the activities, experiences and learning opportunities for which an institution or a teacher takes responsibility – either deliberately or by default.
This includes in such a broad concept of curriculum the formal and the informal, the overt and the covert, the recognized and the overlooked, the intentional and the unintentional. A curriculum is determined as much by what is not offered, and what has been rejected, as it is by positive actions. And very importantly the curriculum that actually happens – that is what is realized in practice – includes informal contact between teachers and learners as well as between the learners themselves, and this has been termed ‘the hidden curriculum’ which often has as much influence on what is learnt as the formal curriculum that is written down as a set of instructions. There are three faces to a curriculum: the curriculum on paper; the curriculum in action; and the curriculum that participants actually learn.
Assignment 1
Part 1 (B) & Part 2 (A)
Education Ministry of Malaysia has made education the main agenda in the country’s development. A uniform system of education in both primary and secondary schools has been established whereby a national curriculum is used in all schools.
The Ministry of Education through its central agency, namely the Curriculum Development Centre (CDC), is responsible for initiating curriculum development in Malaysia. The CDC is responsible for the development of the
Part 1 (A)
What is Curriculum?
For Curriculum it does not matter the religion or the nationality, children are educated into particular modes which can make sense of their experiences and the environment around them, and also into a set of behavioral expectations, skills and knowledge, which the society requires for its future.
A curriculum In practice, though is more than this. it is useful to think of it as being much wider. As a working definition of a curriculum I would say that it is the sum of all the activities, experiences and learning opportunities for which an institution or a teacher takes responsibility – either deliberately or by default.
This includes in such a broad concept of curriculum the formal and the informal, the overt and the covert, the recognized and the overlooked, the intentional and the unintentional. A curriculum is determined as much by what is not offered, and what has been rejected, as it is by positive actions. And very importantly the curriculum that actually happens – that is what is realized in practice – includes informal contact between teachers and learners as well as between the learners themselves, and this has been termed ‘the hidden curriculum’ which often has as much influence on what is learnt as the formal curriculum that is written down as a set of instructions. There are three faces to a curriculum: the curriculum on paper; the curriculum in action; and the curriculum that participants actually learn.
Assignment 1
Part 1 (B) & Part 2 (A)
Education Ministry of Malaysia has made education the main agenda in the country’s development. A uniform system of education in both primary and secondary schools has been established whereby a national curriculum is used in all schools.
The Ministry of Education through its central agency, namely the Curriculum Development Centre (CDC), is responsible for initiating curriculum development in Malaysia. The CDC is responsible for the development of the