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Making Things Better: Implementing and Enri Ching The Curriculum
Making Things Better: Implementing and Enri Ching The Curriculum
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LAISSEZ-FAIRE
AUTHORITARIAN
APPROACH
(“let alone approach”)
CONTROL
- Gives the teachers the absolute power to determine - Teachers are directed by authority figures
what they see best to implement in the classroom. through a memorandum to follow a curriculum.
- Allows the teachers to teach lesson they believe are - Teachers have no control or leeway over the
appropriate for their classes. subjects they are teaching.
- There is no form of control or monitoring - This approach is a dictatorial way of imposing
curricular implementation in the classroom.
APPROACHES TO O
PTIMIZE CURRICULU
M OPPORTUNITIES
04 APPROACHES TO OPTIMIZE
CURRICULUM OPPORTUNITIES
Teachers diligently follow a
prescribed syllabus in teaching Some topics allow or encourage teachers to
a lesson be creative and unique in teaching these
topics. Teachers can implement
personalized variations of the prescribed
To promote FIDELITY OF USE curriculum, but still be guided by it.
fidelity of use,
first you need to or
identify the
topics or FIDELITY OF
ADAPTATION
subjects that TOTHE CURRICULUM
need more focus
IMPLEMENTATION or
A structured approach to implementation is PROCESS Process orientation comes
then followed, one in which teachers are
provided clear instructions early on. should ORIENTATION as a response to the need to
be familiar with and well trained on the more acknowledge different
important topic/s. They should have also organizational contexts and
developed the needed skills to translate the varying teachers’ needs and
curriculum into actual lessons inside the abilities that would require
classroom and beyond. on-site modifications.
CURRICULUM IMPLE
MENTATION PERSPE
CTIVES
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CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION
PERSPECTIVES
Considers the impact of planning and availability of
resources in program implementation. For example,
a biology teacher wants to teach the parts of a cell
but cannot do so effectively because her school
does not have microscopes for this purpose..
Technical Perspective
Considers the balance of power that determines the
success of a curriculum. For example, the
Political Perspective
curriculum developed by a school head is not
implemented by
teachers who question the school head’s authority. Cultural Perspective
Characteristics
A Characteristics at the
B Characteristics at
C Characteristics
external to the
D
of Change school district level the school level local system
Curriculum
Teacher
Support Could be
Activities measured
Materials through visits,
observations,
checklists, and
interviews
CURRICULUM ENRIC
HMENT
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CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT
CORE ENRICHMENT
CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT CURRICULUM