KIMBERLY JUNE L.

BENDOY
ED 133 C67
Answer the following questions comprehensively.
1. Can a school exist without a curriculum? Why or why not?
In a way, yes it can.
As I understand it though, as soon as someone makes a decision to study anything, that
is a “curriculum”. Imagine a “child” / “student” sitting at a table with a glass of milk. Two
subjects can be studied. #1 where does milk come from? #2 what is a glass made of and
how is the glass made? Two knowledge categories are involved.
Regarding Milk, the study of biology has begun a glass (real glass) or perhaps plastic, the
study of technology has begun. You see, it is not hard or difficult to learn about things.
Look here, look there, and go look everywhere. If the intention is to consider a kind of
“free exploration” or a “General exploration” of everything, with the purpose of discovering
what is most interesting and worthwhile for future study, it can indeed be reasonable to
claim the existence of a “school” without a curriculum. Another way of thinking about it
would be to propose that the curriculum is ….everything. I might make a suggestion
though about learning. No matter what a person chooses to study, it is basic that a student
learn to write some words. Keeping a notebook of the basic vocabulary that is learned is
rather important. At first, it is best to keep it simple. It is enough to begin with Verbs and
Nouns.
This is different than the kind of thing so often seen, where a student gets a graded paper,
and then throws it away. Words need to actually mean something, especially to the
youngest of children. Something like this is what I mean.

2. How does a strong belief or philosophy influence curriculum?

The financial stability of the culture could contribute to the lack of educational
development of its students. A country or culture without the backing of money to buy
proper up to date material for those learning could hinder the educational development of
its society as a whole. Since technology and science are evolving and growing at such
an amazing rate keeping up with all of the new findings and discoveries and them
implementing them into texts for education maybe a very daunting task for those who
preside over the educational curriculum of those cultures who seem to be struggling with
such things as say running and or potable water or electricity. Those things become
priorities rather than new up to date educational material. My opinion hope its sheds some
truth to you question…

3. As future teachers, how important will a curriculum be to you?

It is a very simple fact of life. If you “fail to plan” then you are “planning to fail. “The
development of curriculum is no exception. You must set a course for your students, much
as an airline pilot or a sea captain does for their respective passengers, so that you know
where you are going, and how you will get there. Further when you arrive, you will know
you really have arrived at the right place at the right time, knowing where you came from,
and how you got there. Developing your curriculum is all about setting goals, strategies
and evaluation tools to ensure that everyone is on track. It provides discipline not only to
the teacher, but also provides a secondary learning experience for the student.
Haphazard planning will result in haphazard results every time.
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4. What are the implications of an ever changing curriculum to teachers?

It depends some on the school in which you teach. Some schools provide regular
professional development - teachers' 'in-service days' are days devoted to speakers who
present the new ideas and concepts. A good administrator in any school will try to keep
the faculty up to date and in touch with newer curriculum and new instructional methods.
Many schools appoint committees of teachers whose responsibility it is to keep current
and present new ideas to their colleagues. There are journals - the journals report on
what's new - teachers attend conferences and belong to professional organizations which
publish journals and host conferences. All that said - not every teacher does keep up with
changes in curriculum and instructional methods.