TOPIC: Research on Curriculum Development

( Foreign/International )

International Curriculum

International Curricula promote international learning environment and develop global citizens in an ever-changing
global community.

The focus in international curricula is not only on academics but also on making students 21 st century citizens.

5 things to know about International Curriculum

1. Encourages international mindedness

2. Teaches ‘how to learn’

3. Builds confident communicators

4. Makes the students learn by experience

5. Improves problem solving

What is the importance of research in curriculum development?

Research expands understanding of the fundamental aspects of human development, learning, teaching, schools,
and their environmental contexts. Research points the way to the discovery of effective elements of curriculum,
instructions, and school organization.

Curriculum research gives the evidence how much curriculum program and educational institutions work out at
the level of satisfactory to the society, policy makers, teachers and staffs, even their students and their parents.

The Curriculum Development Process can be categorized into 5 basic steps:

1. Needs Assessment

2. The planning session

3. Content Development

4. Pilot delivery and Revisions, and;

5. The completed curriculum package

COUNTRY AGENCY INITIATING A AGIENCIES CONSULTED

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Australia Education Developments Curriculum Schools, Teachers, Parents,

Corporation Industry, Business
China State Education Ministry Professional Editors, Colleges, and
Universities

Fiji Curriculum Development Unit, Local Government, Teachers Union,

Ministry of Education Research Institutes

France Ministry of Education; National Educational

France
National Curriculum Council,
National Educational Organizations,
Teachers

Ministry of Education
State Advisory School Council
Germany

National Council of Educational

State Institute for School Education
India Research and Training, State
School boards, Official associations
councils for Education, Research
of teachers, Individual teachers
and Training and State Boards of
Secondary Education

Ministry of Education
Senior officials from relevant
Indonesia institutions, Subject specialists,
Universities and Institutes

Ministry of Education
Central council for Educational,
Japan Curriculum council

National Research Institute for Some departments within MOE,

Educational Science Representatives of trade unions,
Lao PDR women’s unions and youth unions

Curriculum Development Center Academics, teachers unions,

parents, community
Malaysia
Ministry of Education Government departments, Teacher’s
sector groups and organizations,
New Zealand Teacher’s unions, parents, and
students

Philippines bureaus of elementary

Bureaus of Elementary and and secondary education
Secondary Education professional stakeholders, parents,
Philippines teachers and students

Research institutes, Values groups

Ministry of Education

Republic of Korea Foreign consultants, local

National Institute of Education consultants, university staff
members, ministry of education and
higher education, provincial
Sri Lanka education authorities, master
teachers, experienced senior
teachers
 Department of curriculum
development

Department of Curriculum and

Thailand Instruction Development; Ministry
of Education

All Stakeholders

Research Institutes
State Education Department

United States
People’s Educational Ministry, National educational council
Ministry of Higher Education
Uzbekistan
National institute for education
science
Vietnam

Prepared by:

GROUP 11

[Group Members]

Cheche Paniel

Gladys Bidar

Ralph Tolarba