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from my MLS curriculum class for Singapore HODs (MLS Jan14) Task: What is your new understanding of Curriculum and what are the challenges ahead in designing for a better curriculum?
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Learning Curriculum Design & its Challenges:
Teachers’ Conception and Tensions
Management & Leaderhip Studies Curriculum Project Teams Jan 2014
Tutor: John Yeo Curriculum, Teachng & Learning Academic Group National Institute of Education
I believe curriculum is subject-centered
(academic rationalism), with students picking up
important skills and teachers being an
important vehicle in making it all work!
Ng Wei Chieh, Woodlands Primary School
There is no word/phrase to replace curriculum because curriculum in any school is
unique. Very often, we described curriculum but could be
incomplete. There will never be an end in trying to describe
curriculum because it is something that changes with environment and people over
time. Our definitions may differ from one another or may change
personally over time. But one thing that will remain unchanged -
the passion in teachers (or leaders who are teachers at
heart) that will continue to ignite the passion of learning for our
learners.
Liu Kah Yang Bartley Sec
Curriculum to me is child centered, as the interest of the pupils will drive their learning. Goh Khong Lim, KCPPS
We plan learning for the students based on their interest, thus I believe it is child centered.
Wang Xiaoxuan, Lianhua Pri
A curriculum goes beyond a defined and prescribed course of studies, which students must fulfill in order to pass a certain level of education. The curriculum should place child’s best interest, well-being and important values to develop the child in the centre of the curriculum to make it more holistic
Suzanah
Placing students in the centre of what we do is important. Hence,
curriculum has to be child-centered, with learners taking charge of their learning. It is
especially so when our learners have diverse learning abilities, thus we will need to customise curriculum to suit the different
needs. Koh Ying Sin
Telok Kurau Primary Sch
Context-centred because the worth and value of the knowledge, skills and attitudes possessed by the students depends on the context that he/she is in…
Bryan Lim
CHIJ St. Theresa’s Convent
A child centered curriculum is essential for it to be successful, allowing us to
engage pupils meaningfully and creating their love for learning.
Low Choon Siong Evergreen Primary
The outcomes are what we want our students to acquire after they completed the curriculum. For
example, if we want our students to be a mathematician after completing the Math
curriculum, we will design our curriculum to include exploring, deriving and connecting the
concepts etc. Tan Beng Guan,
HOD ICT, Nan Chiau High
Curriculum to me is organic and interdependent. Organic - it is not cast in stone, it is alive, it needs to respond to changes in its environment. Interdependent - if curriculum is organic, it needs to co-exist with all the elements of its environment in harmony for the benefit of all. I feel that a lot of times curriculum design is far removed from the place where it’s happening. People in the ivory tower, who have great knowledge in their area of work, no doubt, tend to be too removed from the realities of school. At school there’s only one reality - assessment. In all the wonderful courses I have attended in MLS, the devil is really, assessment. Even as MMs, we sometimes are too focused to operationalise the curriculum to fit the assessment culture more than anything else. The big question now is - what’s the purpose of schooling? Are we really just a large tuition centre? Even tuition centres these days have sound curriculum designs by the way :)
Durka Devi, HOD Science, De La Salle School
Curriculum can be cognition centered that require thinking skills
on the part of the teacher. Faizan, Montfort Sec
Curriculum to me is child centered and also society- centered , as we develop soft skills in our pupils to meet the demands of the world of
the 21st Century.
Hamidah Binti Osman Jurong West Pri
Curriculum is child-centered and society-centered to me
because the purpose of education at our level is to ultimately prepare students
for the future.
Ilyana Hardianti Dunman High School
It takes a whole village to raise a child. Therefore, there needs to be a whole
school approach in supporting a child-centered curriculum, bearing in mind that the learners’ interest always comes first.
Koh Ying Sin, Telok Kurau Primary Sch
Challenges and expectations from
the society are influencing curriculum design from being child-centered, causing it to be society-
driven. Low Choon Siong Evergreen Primary
Because I view curriculum as organic and interdependent, the biggest challenge for me is
keeping up with its evolution. Though the content we teach may not have changed in the last ten years, the environment in which the subject, the learners and the teachers reside has changed
enormously. The challenge for curriculum design is then dealing with this ever-changing landscape
while staying true to the subject matter. While we ride the bandwagon with all the ‘in’ things, we must not lose site of the essence of the subject matter.
Durka Devi, De La Salle School
Suzanah Sap Anderson Pri HOD ICT
Reason: Integrating ICT into the curriculum requires all the IP and ICT heads to come together and to create a common vision and beliefs. As different heads have different perceptions and beliefs on curriculum, coming together as one may be a BIG problem.
I believe curriculum is subject-centered (academic
rationalism), however with these challenges preventing it
from being successful!
Ng Wei Chieh Woodlands Primary School
Curriculum to me is child centered and also society- centered , as the needs of the pupils and the goals
of the school and nation have to be met.
Hamidah Binti Osman Jurong West Pri
The greatest challenge in curriculum is finding the right leverage point. We may be clever enough to
identify a curriculum problem(or perhaps not a primary one after all) but to be able to move forward
is never simple unless teachers’ beliefs are so strong that our actions are sufficient to overthrow
the perception of the general public. Passionate and dedicated curriculum leaders must do what ought to
be done and never get influenced by differing mindsets or selfish agendas.
Liu Kah Yang, Bartley Sec
To design curriculum that is child centered,
teachers must believe in it and be trained in the
designing of the curriculum.
Goh Khong Lim
KCPPS
Tan Beng Guan HOD ICT, Nan Chiau High
Inference-centred because your understanding of it is affected by what you choose to see, what you choose to focus on, your assumptions and beliefs…. and it
is different for everyone… Bryan Lim
CHIJ St. Theresa’s Convent