From-accident-to-design.docx

MARY JADE F. SALVADOR

April 24, 2016

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION

DR. EDUARDO LOPEZ

FROM ACCIDENT TO DESIGN

The importance of curriculum do not embeded on the subjects to be taught. It is about the development of society in general. Learners are the leaders of our present and future generation, and with this, the purpose of curriculum is to enable learners to be successful, responsible individual and an effective contributor to his/her society. It is also important to follow the children’s passion and interestto motivate their curiousity to learn. This will help them to be more active and productive and avoid being isolated in one place. Educators’ goal in developing curriculum was to give an extensive fccus on what the students should learn and why do the students need these to be learned. The 19th century educators used textbooks, classroom instructions, assessments and homework as the core of their curriculum. But as time goes by and due to modern industrialization and rapid growth of technology, availability of job opportunities, talents and deman in manpower are continuously increasing but with set of standards in one’s educational background. Nowadays, the type of school and the courses offered have a direct correlation with the jobs people can have and how much money they can make. There are some companies that look onto the applicant’s school background and grades regardless of his/her skills and trainings attended. These companies are more concern about the years attended in school and the learnings they gathered. This gave rise to a more competetive curriculum made by schools from all over the world. However, the curriculum may only be very successful depending on how will the school operate and execute the plan. There are also some schools that focus on academic performance rather than

culture and sports, and vise versa. This result to classify schools according to the curriculum they offer. For intance, Philippine Normal University is known for its graduates who are teachers and St. Benilde College for Culinary Arts. Both school give good opportunities for learners but they differ from the curriculum that they offer. Curriculum

reflects the diversity of the disciplines that make up

community as a whole and responsible to its society. Curriculum in this generation is now very dependent on our society’s challenges and needs. Aside from focusing on teaching-learning process, the curriculum also aims to provide a long-term solutions to our society’s needs thru service, application and the use of technology.