Learning outcomes : Identify the roles of curriculum workers.
Before we identifying the roles of curriculum workers, we need to understand who is this curriculum workers. From what I have understand, curriculum workers is the people who work on curriculum engage in many different types of endeavors. They had the first time approach that appeared both comprehensive and workable. This curriculum workers is responsible to concentrate on student behavior in devising objective for a unit to emphasize appropriate learning experiences. This curriculum workers divided into two groups which is curriculum practitioners and curriculum disseminates. Curriculum practitioners include the teacher and school administration, meanwhile the curriculum disseminate is including the curriculum evaluator, curriculum advocates, curriculum developers and curriculum theories. Each of these curriculum workers have their own roles.
Curriculum Practitioner
- Use curricula within the instructional arena and supervise its use.
> Classroom teacher
- Plan instruction
- Implement the curriculum in teaching by writing a lesson plan
- Design the curriculum based on the learner characteristics.
> School Administration
- Make curriculum adjustment
- Implement team teaching
- Encourage teacher to utilize instructional method
Curriculum Disseminator
- The people who spread about this curriculum and the proper method to use it.
> Curriculum Evaluator
- Evaluation concept is so comprehensive that contains several evaluation activities with the common function of investigating.
- Their roles is collect, examine and assess data for the purpose of reporting on the effectiveness,
efficiency, and worth of the endeavors and creations of other curriculum and workers.
- Employed by a private testing service, the central administration of a school district
and government.
> Curriculum Advocates
- Educators and members of the general public who are concerned about and attempt to influence
what is taught in schools and how it is taught.
- They may be a parents, citizens, politician, and community.
> Curriculum Developers
- Intentionally create curriculum materials and strategies for other to use in the instructional arena.
- They may be a textbook writers, the teacher that works in curriculum committees, curriculum
specialist (people who work for private education organization) and concerned citizens (design
instructional materials for homeschooling).
> Curriculum Theories
- Examine the philosophical and ideological underpinnings of existing curricula.
- Study how curricula used, disseminated, created, and evaluated.
- Speculate on what curricula should accomplish, probe the "whys" of their own examination.
In conclusion, the role of curriculum workers can be concluded into four heading:
1. Coordinate the curriculum planning and development
2. Define and application of curriculum theory
3. Design and application of curriculum research
4. Provision of aid in filling in-service.
Hi henasiah, this topic will learned about the curriculum workers and also their role.
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