Curricula

My curriculum philosophy comes from a variety of my experiences in general education, some dealing directly with students, and others from looking at curricula development at the institutional level. While reflecting on my experiences and looking at the theoretical terms and ideologies I came to realize that each of my experiences presents a different perspective on the best applications for various curriculum theories. In looking at the four basic ideologies I found that I have employed and…

in American higher education, the Foundation this year launched the Campus Diversity Initiative (CDI)” (Bernstein, 2015). The purpose of these initiatives is to seek to introduce diverse, multicultural points of view and opinions into the core curricula. A second way to promote diversity is to have a vast, divergent collection within the college library. When describing the University of Michigan 's commitment to diversity, Richard Parmater, emphasizes that the academic library serves as a…

Education is a vital and important step to creating progressive minds of the future, and differs in quality and content geographically. There are various grades of education levels within a country, and the concept of governmental regulated curricula in educational institutions is a topic of controversy. The premise that education should be regulated by authoritative bodies can be unfounded in many ways. The strongest and most advocated for cause is the presence of immigrants and foreigners in…

Inclusion in Elementary School Settings Educating disabled students in inclusive classrooms has been one of the many accommodations made for disabled students. Although inclusion seems to many that it will decrease bullying later in life, people are being mislead. Laws are mandating that school districts must provide the least secluded environment as possible. This seems to contrast the need to keep all students and staff safe, having as many good relationships as possible, and decreasing the…

However, an important and more recent survey of evidence-based medicine curricula in U.S. and Canadian medical schools revealed that EBM was a formal curricular element in 109 of the 115 medical schools (Blanco, Capello, Dorsch, Perry, & Zanetti, 2014). Although survey results indicated that there were a total of 900 EBM learning objectives distributed throughout 4-year curricula, there were marked decreases in measurable learning objectives as students progressed from the…

impaired students in such academic areas as math and language arts. As with any special needs student, it is imperative for teachers to know their orthopedic impaired student’s specific unique needs when developing curriculum. Disability-specific core curricula know how to adapt and teach the students’ core academic curriculum or functional…

Diversity in the classroom is expanding, so providing educators with the correct information, knowledge and strategies are essential in achieving cultural inclusiveness and acceptance, ultimately providing all students with a positive and successful curricula experience. This electronic resource was created for primary school educators to evoke awareness, identify, and to explain the negative impacts upon multicultural students suffering from implications caused by cultural diversity. Several…

phones, cars, and even coffee makers have been consumed by the technology industry and made computerized. Because of this major increase in technology, there has been a debate on whether or not K-12 schools should implement coding classes into school curricula not only nationwide, but worldwide. Some think that making children learn coding is unnecessary and expensive for schools to integrate into the educational program; while others believe that with a changing world, the children of the…

Twenty-First Century Teaching: Utilising Video Games as Educational Aids As we go further into the twenty-first century, the nature of education is rapidly changing. The times of writing notes by hand, preparing essays on paper, and learning only from teachers and textbooks are evolving. Students use their phones in class to help them and employ laptops to take notes and stay organized during the school year. Teachers are also using PowerPoint presentations, projectors, and YouTube videos to…

been content based, but the requirements of students and faculty are according to that of the workplace . At the end of these new and revised curricula is a prominence on amalgamating established educational and professional competencies with educational plans that motivate problem solving and that improve students’ critical thinking abilities. Such curricula will motivate the similar development of creative learning activities, ensure student evaluations which are effective, and give clinical…