Understanding the curriculum
The curriculum is a set of guidelines developed for teachers to assist them in planning and assessing their lessons. There are at least five key concepts within the curriculum. The way the teacher interprets these concepts influences how and what will be delivered to the students. Blaise and Nuttall (2011, p. 82) describe the intended curriculum as the experience teachers want children to have in order for them to develop particular knowledge, skills and attitudes. What children actually experience is known as the enacted curriculum and is dependent on how and what their particular classroom and school provides. Some factors that influence the enacted curriculum are formal theories, curriculum guidelines, a teacher’s …show more content…
He is married with three children. He grew up in a small, rural town in a working class family with his parents and two older siblings and attended two primary schools. When he was 10 years old his father was diagnosed with cancer and both parents were often away from home (due to hospital visits) and the children were cared for by various relatives during these times. He completed year 10 and furthered his education with a trade and has made a career out of his studied trade.
Interview questions
1. From your experiences do you believe that learning is something that only happens within a formal education setting, or do you think that other factors also play a role? What outside factors played a role in your education?
2. The groups of people that determine what we learn and when are called the 'educational stakeholders ', when considering schooling and your education who do you think played a key role? If you had the choice would you change who had an input? And what would the positive and negative consequences of this be?
3. Throughout your education was there a teacher who made an impact on your life? (Good or bad) and how did this make you …show more content…
How important do you think the relationship between student and teacher is? Explain. 5. Why would it be important for educators to include children’s home experiences into the classroom?
Interviewees responses
1. The interviewee believes that learning does not just occur within a formal education setting. He believes most of your education occurs outside the classroom and that the following are contributors to education:
- Interacting with other people from various backgrounds, families and cultures.
- Gaining a perspective of the ‘outside world’ by spending time with older people including parents, siblings, other family members, friends.
- Learning about what other people do for a living and how they succeeded in life.
2. The interviewee thinks that the main educational stakeholder is the teacher. He believes that an important aspect of educational focus should be on gaining ‘real life’ skills such as, how to present to a job interview, learning about taxes and accounting, hands on skills and trades.
3. The interviewee could not recall a specific teacher that made an impact on his primary school years. He did mention that he was often ‘in trouble’ at school and spent a lot of time in the principal’s office and that this led to him not wanting to attend school at
The curriculum is a set of guidelines developed for teachers to assist them in planning and assessing their lessons. There are at least five key concepts within the curriculum. The way the teacher interprets these concepts influences how and what will be delivered to the students. Blaise and Nuttall (2011, p. 82) describe the intended curriculum as the experience teachers want children to have in order for them to develop particular knowledge, skills and attitudes. What children actually experience is known as the enacted curriculum and is dependent on how and what their particular classroom and school provides. Some factors that influence the enacted curriculum are formal theories, curriculum guidelines, a teacher’s …show more content…
He is married with three children. He grew up in a small, rural town in a working class family with his parents and two older siblings and attended two primary schools. When he was 10 years old his father was diagnosed with cancer and both parents were often away from home (due to hospital visits) and the children were cared for by various relatives during these times. He completed year 10 and furthered his education with a trade and has made a career out of his studied trade.
Interview questions
1. From your experiences do you believe that learning is something that only happens within a formal education setting, or do you think that other factors also play a role? What outside factors played a role in your education?
2. The groups of people that determine what we learn and when are called the 'educational stakeholders ', when considering schooling and your education who do you think played a key role? If you had the choice would you change who had an input? And what would the positive and negative consequences of this be?
3. Throughout your education was there a teacher who made an impact on your life? (Good or bad) and how did this make you …show more content…
How important do you think the relationship between student and teacher is? Explain. 5. Why would it be important for educators to include children’s home experiences into the classroom?
Interviewees responses
1. The interviewee believes that learning does not just occur within a formal education setting. He believes most of your education occurs outside the classroom and that the following are contributors to education:
- Interacting with other people from various backgrounds, families and cultures.
- Gaining a perspective of the ‘outside world’ by spending time with older people including parents, siblings, other family members, friends.
- Learning about what other people do for a living and how they succeeded in life.
2. The interviewee thinks that the main educational stakeholder is the teacher. He believes that an important aspect of educational focus should be on gaining ‘real life’ skills such as, how to present to a job interview, learning about taxes and accounting, hands on skills and trades.
3. The interviewee could not recall a specific teacher that made an impact on his primary school years. He did mention that he was often ‘in trouble’ at school and spent a lot of time in the principal’s office and that this led to him not wanting to attend school at