Education prepares students for the real life and real problems. When we
talk about education is necessary to take into account that abilities,
attitudes, habits and all appreciations, and forms of knowledge are included. Curriculum
is the design that allows us to plan academic activities. We will be the future
teachers, so we have the obligation to guide our students to obtain all their
objectives and goals in life. Curriculum Design is the way to improve our
teaching, off course always in benefit of the student. We can find four
approaches to curriculum theory and practice. They are curriculum as syllabus,
curriculum as product, curriculum as process, and curriculum as praxis.
Curriculum as syllabus, principally refers to content. But, what is curriculum as syllabus? Curriculum studying embraces
syllabus design (the selection and grading of content) and methodology (the
selection of learning tasks and activities). Furthermore, curriculum as
syllabus includes
a)
The study of the purposes for
which a learner needs a language.
b)
The setting of objectives, and
the development of a syllabus, teaching methods and materials.
c)
The evaluation of the effects of
these procedures on the learner’s language ability.
Definitely,
curriculum as syllabus is the best way to educate our students by the most
effective methods.
Second, we have the curriculum as product,
which consist in performance specifics activities. For example, I mention at
the beginning of the essay that teachers also must be teach about how the
students can be prepares for life. This kind of approach helps enormously for
specific activities. Moreover, it is important because provide the bases for
instructional decisions in classroom. Also, it is necessary provide a clear
notion of outcome so that content and method may be organized and the results evaluated.
For that, this approach becomes in a useful tool to develop the ability of our
students to think critically.
The two last approaches are curriculum as
process, and Curriculum as praxis. First of all, curriculum as process, with
this approach the students are treat as subjects not as objects. It is
important because, include a high variety in the content that makes the
interaction between teacher-student, student-education more efficient. With
this approach the idea is that the class becomes in a “laboratory” this means
that this process looks into the world of experimentation, with the objective
of creating smart proposals rather than just correct to the student. This
process involves changes that, some students, teachers, and schools welcome,
but that others resist either actively or passively. Last but not least,
curriculum as praxis. Curriculum as praxis, promotes the dialogue, the negotiation,
and the debate. This approach provides
the opportunity for students and teachers to analyze, discuss, and find
solutions together for the different problems in class, and in life. Curriculum
as praxis is not simply a set of plans
to be implemented, but rather is constituted through an active process in which
planning, acting and evaluating are all reciprocally related and integrated
into the process.
As a conclusion, curriculum is very
important for us as future professors because, is the guide for our lessons,
and also helps us to keep all the information organized. Moreover a curriculum offers teachers the ideas and strategies for
assessing student progress. Without the guidance of a curriculum, teachers
cannot be certain that they have supplied the necessary knowledge or the
opportunity for student success at the next level. Also a curriculum gives
students an understanding of what must be accomplished in order to obtain a degree.
Curriculum design is essential for any teacher that wants to perform his job properly
and effectively.
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