Economical Foundations of Curriculum

 by Dr Sultan Muhammad Khan

Keywords; Economical Foundations of Curriculum, The Role of the Economic Factors in the development of curriculum, Economical Foundations are Job or market oriented curriculum, Economical Foundations focus on Skill learning of the student

Foundations of Curriculum

Economical Foundations 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 five most important foundations of the curriculum are;

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

Economical Foundations

It focuses on:

•        Job or market oriented curriculum

•        Skill learning

The economical foundation of curriculum gives importance to the vocational aspect of the curriculum. The economic  condition of a nation or a society guide the curriculum of the country, because the stakeholder of the education wants to employ such a curriculum which help them to build their economy and the people have better jobs when they finish their schooling. In this kind of situations the curriculum become job or market oriented. In this curriculum the curriculum developer gives importance to skills acquisition which is the demands of the time. Undeveloped nations try to prepare skill work force and send it to other countries for jobs

Here are some economical factor which influence the curriculum development process

Economic Factors

1. Allocation of funds

 The financial condition of a country reflects its curriculum because without proper funding one can’t achieve the outcome of a good curriculum. It is the financial aspect of a country which guide them to adopt which type of curriculum, for example activity base or learner center curriculum need more money in the process of the implementation of the curriculum then subject matter curriculum

                                                                                                                                   

Because activity base and learner center curriculum need more space and money then subject matter, for that reason in Pakistan we adopted subject base curriculum because we have shortage of schools, classrooms in schools, trained teachers. In economical sound countries they have implemented all kind of curriculums in their schools according to the need of the school and that society. Without proper funding once can’t implement a good curriculum in the country and achieve the benefits of that curriculum.

Lack of resources due to finical constrains effect the developing and planning of the curriculum. What type of a curriculum should have to support it through proper funding? There are different factor in curriculum development, planning and implementation process which need financial support e.g.

Schools lack physical facilities including buildings, classrooms, furniture, Hostel, Play grounds, mats and even very basic necessities like blackboard, chalk, and charts.

Lack of other resources water, Fan, Electricity

  Lack of skilled manpower

The lack of skilled manpower due to financial restrains, without proper financial support it is hard to train the people to support the teaching learning process. Only through proper funding and the establishment of training institutions for teachers and support staff. Teachers are the core of education system and without proper training one can’t implement a curriculum and to support the curriculum one need to train the entire teacher on that style of curriculum. So the skills of the teachers also guide the direction of the curriculum, and to develop these skills in the teachers need funds.

Lack of labs due to financial problems

The lack of labs and libraries also affect the curriculum development process because without proper computer labs in cities and villages one can’t implement computer education curriculum all over the country. In the same way without proper libraries in all school one can’t implement a curriculum which needs supporting or reference books.

Also without proper health care system in the schools lot of activities can’t part of the curriculum due to the risk factor to the health of the students and teachers.

The overburden of the population is also one of the factors that affect the financial support of the curriculum development, lack of facilities and implementation of the curriculum in the country.

In short we can say that economic play a vital role in the curriculum development and implementation process in the country and it is the foundation of the successful curriculum, without a good economic background a country can’t afford a curriculum which needs huge financial support. 

Read more articles about Foundations of Curriculum

Psychological foundations of Curriculum

https://research-education-edu.blogspot.com/2020/01/psychological-foundations-of-curriculum.html

Philosophical foundation of Curriculum

https://research-education-edu.blogspot.com/2014/08/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html

Socio Cultural Foundation of Curriculum

https://research-education-edu.blogspot.com/2020/01/socio-cultural-foundation-of-curriculum.html

 Historical Foundations of Curriculum

https://research-education-edu.blogspot.com/2020/01/historical-foundations-of-curriculum.html

 Economical Foundations of Curriculum

https://research-education-edu.blogspot.com/2020/01/economical-foundations-of-curriculum.html