CURRICULUM

INFLUENCES
 RATIONALE
Understanding curriculum influences is vital for enhancing the quality and equity
of education, adapting to changing educational needs, and making informed
policy decisions. This presentation underscores the importance of this topic for
educators, researchers, and policymakers, offering a comprehensive view of how
education evolves and impacts our society.
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• define different curriculum influences;

• understand the concept of curriculum influences; and
• identify different roles of teachers and school administrators in curriculum
planning.
 CURRICULUM INFLUENCES
Understanding the different curriculum influences is useful in
knowing the different factors that are needed to be considered in
developing a curriculum. It provides the sources of data and
information for developing curriculum. Knowing these curriculum
influences is useful in making the curriculum more relevant amd
responsive to the educational system of the Philippines.
FACTORS AFFECTING ACADEMIC PLANNING (Stark &
Latucca, 1997)
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Society/Government
Discipline Association;
Marketplace/Alumni

ORGANIZATIONAL INFLUENCES
Program Relationships ACADEMIC PLAN
Resources
Governance

INTERNAL INFLUENCES
Faculty, Students, Discipline,
and Program Mission
STUDENTS
The students are considered as the most influential among the different
curriculum influences especially in designing the implemented curriculum.
Learners have different interests, needs, talents, abilities, learning styles, and
thinking
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preferences.
SCHOOL'S VISION, MISSION, AND
CORE VALUES
The school vision, mission, and core values are very influential factor in
developing the curriculum. They are the fundamental bases in developing the
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four elements of curriculum goals and objectives, content, learning
experiences, and evaluation.
ADMISSION AND RETENTION
POLICIES
The third influential factor is the admission and retention policies. These
policies set the standard of what kind of students are admitted and what are
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the things they need to do as students of the institution until they graduate.
 FACULTY MEMBERS
• The influence of faculty members is also considered important. Faculty
members bring with them their educational background, experiences,
expertise, and personal, professional, and political views on the institution.

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• In basic education, teachers take the role of a second parent to their
students.
• In college level, teachers are seen as experts in their fields. They are
expected to know more about their subjects.
• Teachers recognized as the major influence in curriculum
development.
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES
The influence of school officials and the school bureaucracy in curriculum process were recognized be
several curriculum scholars like Wiles and Bondi (2006), and Stark and Latucca (1997), among others.

• Apart from setting and approving rules for the school, they administer the
planning,
• implementation, and evaluation of the curriculum.

• Their abilities and skills as curriculum leaders and managers are essential in
curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation (Wiles & Bondi,
2006).
• Oliva (2005) considered them as part of the entire team of curriculum
workers in an institution.
 ACCREDITING AGENCIES
• The accrediting agencies set the necessary standards for curriculum,
instruction, faculty, and facilities, and influence how the curricular programs
are governed.
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• Some accrediting agencies in the Philippines are the Association of
Christian Schools, Colleges, and Universities Accrediting Agency
Incorporation (ACSCU-AAI), Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools,
Colleges, and Universities (PAASCU), and the Accrediting Agency for
Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP).
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