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Lessons of a Century Chapter 5: Evolving Curriculum

Lessons of a Century Chapter 5: Evolving Curriculum. By: Taylor, Riley, and Stephanie. The State of curriculum. Main idea: the need to reform schools and for teachers to fit the needs of all students Reading, writing, arithmetic and bible study were the foundations of schooling in the 1800’s

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Lessons of a Century Chapter 5: Evolving Curriculum

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  1. Lessons of a Century Chapter 5:Evolving Curriculum By: Taylor, Riley, and Stephanie

  2. The State of curriculum • Main idea: the need to reform schools and for teachers to fit the needs of all students • Reading, writing, arithmetic and bible study were the foundations of schooling in the 1800’s • Many schools were lacking academic standards in the 40’s and 50’s • Elmo P. 131

  3. The state of curriculum • Civil Rights movement and Women’s Rights movements in the 60’s and 70’s sparked changes in curriculum • Scopes Trial challenged religious curriculum • Textbooks worded differently • Parents pushed for abandoning the autocratic classrooms • Wanted to replace classrooms with child-centered methods • Elmo P. 123

  4. The state of curriculum • Many Changes Have Occurred Over the Century: • The government becomes more involved with curriculum • Elmo P. 130 and P. 131 • Exam system implemented in all schools not just highly populated ones • Physical education is required during WWI • Elmo P. 127

  5. The state of curriculum • Restructure of math, science, and foreign language in curriculum • Matching grant rewards and sanctions • First syllabus created for elementary schools • National Defense Education Act of 1958  improvement in science education coincided with Sputnik launch in 1957 • Government decided to reevaluate curriculum during space race

  6. Book Smarts What should children learn?

  7. What Should Children Learn: ? The topic of student textbook has been highly debated. • What should be included in textbook? • How should the information be presented? • At what age should students be presented with the information?

  8. When Textbooks Go Wrong

  9. Publishing • There use to be 400 publishing companies now there are only half a dozen publishing a $3 billion a year market. • Technology changing text books.

  10. The Chronic Failure of Curriculum Reform Rhetorical Curriculum Formal Curriculum Curriculum-In-Use Received Curriculum

  11. Reasons Why Curriculum Hasn’t Changed: • Conflicting- goals • A curriculum that works • Preserving real teaching • Reserving the Curriculum of a real school • Organizational convenience • Loose coupling of school systems • Adaptability of the school system • Weak link between teaching and learning

  12. The End

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