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Curriculum, ideological foundation of Curriculum ,Philosophical/ ideological Implications
on Curriculum, Psychological foundations of Curriculum, Socio Cultural
Foundation of Curriculum, Historical Foundations of Curriculum, Economical
Foundations of Curriculum,
Foundations of Curriculum
Foundations of Curriculum
Philosophical foundation of Curriculum
Foundations are the forces that
influence the minds of curriculum developers.
In this way they affect the content
and structure of the curriculum.
The curriculum reflects the society
and culture of a country and this is the desire of a society that their
children should learn the habits, ideas, attitudes and skills of the adult
society and culture and educational institutional are the proper way to impart
these skill. The duty of teacher and school is to discipline the young of the
society and provide them the set of experiences in the form of curriculum. The
needs, knowledge and information of the society provide foundation in the
formation of curriculum.
1. Philosophical foundation of Curriculum
2. , Psychological foundations of
Curriculum
3. Socio Cultural Foundation of Curriculum
4. Historical Foundations of Curriculum
5. Economical Foundations of Curriculum
Philosophical/ ideological
foundation
It is concerned with beliefs.
What is real --- ONTOLOGY
What is true --- EPISTEMOLOGY
What is good – AXIOLOGY
Philosophy means the love of wisdom,
it search for truth, not simple truth, It search for eternal truth, reality and
general principles of life. Curriculum help in the practical use of knowledge
in real life situations and understanding realities and ideas of life and this
world that why curriculum is called the dynamic side of philosophy.
Curriculum is used for the
modification of the behavior of the students and philosophy help in the process
of finding new ways and basis for teachers and curriculum planner to modify
their behavior. Philosophy also helps in the exploring new methods of teaching
and how to apply in the classroom situation for better achievement of the
teaching learning process. It also provides new ways and methods for the
evaluation of student’s achievement and evaluation of curriculum.
Philosophers of the past have made
major influence in clarifying the association in the nature of knowledge and
curriculum development process and also provide a foundation for curriculum;
Plato presented a curriculum in his book “republic” at that times and it is
still the core of the curriculum of today. Knowledge is given the high role in
human life.
Today world economics and societies
are changing very rapidly; it needs depth in every discipline of education in
this high time.
Today the world emphasis on finding
new ways through which man develops new concepts of reality and knowledge and
to form a new structure of knowledge in this dynamic and changing time
therefore a high value is given to discovery, invention and restructuring of
knowledge and curriculum in new
patterns. Now the new curriculum is open to new experiences, logical and
critical thinking, and to bring about the concept of knowledge out of
interpreted experience.
Philosophy and ideology of education
provide rules and principles which lead the in decision-making regarding
educational practices and polices planning. It Guides the curriculum planner on
the basses of the philosophical and ideological belief of the society in the
constructing of subject matter keeping in view the future demands and needs of
the schools and help in the promoting of human life through social change in
the behavior of the students. In Pakistan the ideological beliefs of the
society is based on Islam…
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Therefore they are looking for
curriculum planner to introduce such curriculum in education system, which
inculcate true knowledge of Islam and preserve the culture of Muslim society in
new generation that why they believe that Islamic curricula should be based on
the ideology of Islamic laws and principles.
Philosophical/ ideological Implications on Curriculum
Philosophy and ideology has direct
effect in curriculum planning because it guides the curriculum planner in the
selection of the objectives and. As it provides guidelines in the selection of
objectives, Learning experiences and content of the curriculum, and how to
evaluate the curriculum, learning experiences and achievements of the students.
Some justification provided for the implications of curriculum given by
different researcher are as under (Rud Yard K. Bent and Urruh, n.d.);
- Various customs values, traditions and
knowledge need to be preserved by transfer them to the next generation.
- The students also needed the
knowledge of past and present in which they live, it help them in the
process of adaptation and adjusting their self to new changes and new
situation in life.
All those content of a subject who
helps in intellectual development rather than practical value. It teaches
student how to reason, develops mental ability to solve the problems in
practical life situations. It helps in using different methods for search of
eternal truth and how to analyze the knowledge and methods of inquiry.
- The Secondary school curriculum
should designed for developing maximum potentialities of the students by including variety of
leaning activities to educate each students to its highest.
- Schools should be a tool and
leader in directing new changes in the curriculum rather than maintainers
of curriculum.
- Students need skills and for
that purpose some subject matter must be included in the curriculum to
help them in acquiring these skills like experimentation and the use of
laboratory techniques so they advance the knowledge.
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Philosophical/ ideological foundation
Philosophical/ ideological Implications on Curriculum