basis for decisions regarding curriculum. Through these philosophes aims and objectives, organization and selection of content is determined. There are four major philosophies which include perennialism, essentialism, Progressivism and reconstructivism Perennialism: Perennialism is the philosophy that is based on the belief that the focus of education should be the ideas that have lasted over centuries. These ideas should be a part of curriculum so that the students learn from
past years. Reforms are necessary because expectations of students, society and the job market have changed. Fiji thus needs a curriculum that is relevant to the young generations. Changes that took place are firstly, the thematic approach for Years 1 and 2 (education gazette, 2013). Thematic approach is a way of teaching and learning, whereby many areas of the curriculum are joined together and combined within a theme. This is where the six foundation areas of learning and development comes which
students from big cities may find lessons about the rural areas boring, as the topic has no familiarity with their own life or their interests. Cases happen also when some students enjoy discussion, conversation practice, yet, others only like writing essay or reading story books. Therefore, some of the students may not be interested in the lesson, unless they can get the opportunity to speak out their own ideas. In some other cases, the so called good students tend to take many turns to talk to their
It is based on both content and teaching strategies. I strongly believe that the educational philosophy should show the most effective and encouraging way towards the propagation of truth. It is significant to have strong beliefs, grounded in sound theory to implement our teaching. It is equally significant to continue open minded to new tendencies and methods that may advantage our students. An educational philosophy change with time and experience, it is not fixed. I will continually reflect, examine
has. The education system of Ethiopia in different regimes did not reflect truly Ethiopian cultural, social and economic situation. The reason is that the system of education was mainly copied from different systems of education in the West. The curriculum of education
conventional approach, where students use realistic clinical problems to increase their knowledge and understanding of different concepts in a curriculum. (17) This type learning supports integrative learning allowing students to make links between theory and practice. Problems presented in the scenarios act as triggers to let students integrate the theories covered with other disciplines learnt during the course. (18)The tasks are normally completed in small groups which means students can learn other
for them to improve in their essays to give them a huge of awareness about the importance of “tatabahasa” which is grammar. For the planned activity, each student will be given 10 different formats of essay that essay will be in the styles of the formal, informal, reports and other formats. Then, the students are required to analyze those formats, the structure, the grammar and the vocabulary used. They also have to analyze the strengths and weaknesses from each essay given. Based on Bernard Weiner’s
every domain in Chinese modern daily life. China is the only country which preserves its own language with a history of more than 5,000 years; even so, it is faced with the challenge from other languages, especially English. From my perspective, the theory that there exists hegemony of English is reasonable, but simultaneously, the English is spreading in China and Chinese people change it into Chinese English. So I hold my viewpoint that there is a combination of the hegemony of English
Problems Over the decades education has gone through a vast experimentation on various theories and teaching method to find the perfect education system. In the United States of America, ‘The no child left behind’ policy and the ‘Common core’ are all going through varies debates to see the best fit education system. As I am currently teaching in Cooperative School in Majuro, using the United States curriculum, I have witnessed that there is always room for new educational interventions. There have
Self-Directed Learning: Education on Demand In this essay I am going to explore the reasons why traditional school is obsolete, and present my argument why I think self-directed learning, also termed “unschooling” is better. This type of education is adaptable for the future and customizable to every child. Since every person learns differently self-directed learning is the most efficient way to meet every individual’s needs. In unschooling, creating an independent person with unique skills and abilities