Education

Foundation of Curriculum: The curriculum of any country reflects of society because the member of any society are confronted by the problems of inducting the immature member into their culture and ways of group. The individual at birth is a cultural her barium as he has none of the habits, ideas, attitudes and skills characteristic to its adult society he learns all these either through an informal way or from the educational institutions through a formal way.  The schools help in disciplining children and youth in-group ways of thinking and acting. This set of experiences is referred to as curriculum. To understand the structure and function of curriculum, it is necessary to understand what are the foundations? It can be studied under three headings:       2.1 Philosophical foundation.     2.2 Psychological foundation.     2.3 Sociological foundations. 2.1 Philosophical Foundation Philosophy is the search for truth. It is concerned with eternal reality and general principles of life.

  Dr. Sultan Muhammad Khan Keywords; Socio Cultural Foundation of Curriculum, The Role of the Cultural in the formation of curriculum development, The Role of the Socio Cultural in the curriculum development, 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 Socio Cultural Foundation According to Murray print (1993). The society and culture exercise massive powers on the formation curriculum and the reason behind that it was society who created schooling to safeguard the survival of their cultural heritage, and survival of their