FACTORS INFLUENCING CURRICULUM

CHANGE
 FACTORS INFLUENCING CURRICULUM
CHANGE
• 1. SOCIO-POLITICAL FACTORS AS THE STATES POLICIES CHANGE, THEY HAVE
ANINFLUENCE ON THE EDUCA-TIONAL POLICIES ANDSCHEMES THAT THEY
UNDERTAKE IT ALSO TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE SOCIALNEEDS AND
DEMANDS AND CHANGING TRENDS INTHE SOCIETY WITH RESPECT TO VARIOUS
OTHER ISSUESAND CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS
SOCIAL FACTOR
SOCIETY HAS ITS OWN EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE AIMS AND
OBJECTIVES THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WHEN DESIGNING
THE CURRICULUM. IT ALSO HAS A PERCEPTION OF WHAT THE
PRODUCT OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SHOULD LOOK LIKE. IT IS
THEREFORE NECESSARY FOR CURRICULUM DESIGNERS TO TAKE
IN TO ACCOUNT THESE SOCIETAL CONSIDERATIONS.
 EXAMPLE……..

SUBJECTS WHICH HAS GENDER EDUCATION AND POLITICAL

ECONOMY HAVE PROVED DIFFICULT TO INCLUDE IN THE
CURRICULUM BECAUSE OF THE RESISTANCE FROM SOME
RELIGIOUS GROUPS.
 POLITICAL

• POLITICS AFFECT CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN

NUMEROUS WAYS.
• HOW POLITICS INFLUENCES CURRICULUM DESIGN
AND DEVELOPMENT STARTS WITH FUNDING. BOTH
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
RELY ON FUNDING FOR HIRING PERSONNEL, BUILDING
AND MAINTAINING FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. ALL
ASPECTS OF CURRICULUM DEPEND ON LOCAL, STATE
AND NATIONAL POLITICAL STANDARDS.
 EXAMPLE
• POLITICS AFFECTS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FROM
DEFINING GOALS, INTERPRETING CURRICULAR MATERIALS TO
APPROVING EXAMINATION SYSTEMS,
 TECHNOLOGICAL
• TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IS
THE NORM OF THE 21ST CENTURY.
• THE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY OF THE 21ST CENTURY
INFLUENCES CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AT EVERY
LEVEL OF LEARNING. LEARNING CENTERS AND
CLASSROOMS INCREASINGLY PROVIDE COMPUTERS AS
REQUISITE INTERACTION FOR STUDIES AMONG
STUDENTS. TECHNOLOGICAL MULTIMEDIA USE
INFLUENCES EDUCATIONAL GOALS AND LEARNING
EXPERIENCES AMONG STUDENTS.
 TECHNOLOGICAL
EXAMPLE: 1
• UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE DEGREES IN COMPUTER
TECHNOLOGY INCREASES IN POPULARITY.
 TECHNOLOGICAL
EXAMPLE 2:
• DIVERSITY
• CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AFFECT FROM
DIVERSITY OPENS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.
• SOCIAL DIVERSITY INCLUDING RELIGION,
CULTURE AND SOCIAL GROUPINGS AFFECTS
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THESE
CHARACTERISTICS INFLUENCE THE TYPES OF
TOPICS AND METHODS FOR TEACHING
INFORMATION. DEVELOPING RELEVANT
CURRICULUM TAKES INTO ACCOUNT SOCIETY'S
EXPECTATIONS, ACCOMMODATING GROUP
TRADITIONS AND PROMOTING EQUALITY.