A proposed curriculum called the personalized education curriculum system (PECS) aims to provide pupils with a more pertinent curriculum that speaks to their futures. The U.S. Department of Education claims that when the curriculum is personalized, instruction is paced to…
Continue ReadingOur approach to curriculum reflects our perceptions, values, and knowledge. A curriculum approach reflects a holistic position, or a meta-orientation, encompassing curriculum’s foundations (a person’s philosophy, view of history, view of psychology and learning theory, and view of social issues),…
Continue ReadingPoor academic performance is an old educational problem. This problem has led to numerous studies conducted with intentions to curb it. Despite so many attempts to address poor academic performance, more and more research focused on this matter continues to…
Continue ReadingOECD, (2014:120) shares the findings that were centered on problem solving assessment. The analysis on this study revealed that, on average across OECD countries, approximately one in five students is only able to solve very straightforward problems, if any, provided…
Continue ReadingIt is necessary to first establish what a curriculum is in order to properly understand what curriculum design entails. According to Babu et al. (2013), a curriculum is the academic system that provides students with knowledge and skills. In simple…
Continue ReadingAccording to Syomwene (2020:327), curriculum theory is a branch of education theory that explains and characterizes curricular phenomena. In this instance, curriculum phenomena include all of the curriculum components, including the aims and objectives, content for teaching and learning including…
Continue Reading[Assessment is broad, just like curriculum, it has many facets to apprehend. Thus, this is a follow up article from ” Practicalization of assessment mechanism – getting rid of exams and tests” intending to further explain how practicalized assessment is…
Continue ReadingHow well-prepared are young adults to handle the problems of the future? is the first question OECD (1999) poses when discussing assessment issues. Can they successfully reason, evaluate, and explain their ideas? Do they possess the capacity to learn new…
Continue ReadingA qualitative curriculum system (a curriculum system that is of quality) has been a cause for concern for various societies in the world since the inception of structured and institutionalized education. There is no specific definition for the term ‘qualitative…
Continue ReadingIn this day and age when socio-economic, academic, political and technological inclinations demand our attention for the reconstruction of societies, the question of a more suitable curriculum system for various countries arise. The markets today are in search of competent…
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