DEVELOPING THE CURRICULUM

• Main Author: Oliva, Peter F (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York HarperCollins 1992
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Subjects: Curriculum planning > United States; School supervision > United States
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• Physical Description: xiv, 626 pages illustrations 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 609-612) and index.
• ISBN: 0673521958

Curriculum development is defined as planned, a purposeful, progressive, and systematic process to create positive improvements in the educational system. Every time there are changes or developments happening around the world, the school curricula are affected. There is a need to update them to address the society's needs. To illustrate this contention, let's trace back history. During the ancient times, people taught their children knowledge and skills to survive by catching fish or hunting animals for food. They had no formal education during that time, but their children learned and acquired the knowledge and skills for survival. So, during that time, they already had a curriculum that other educators call as, the saber-tooth curriculum. This type of curriculum refers to a kind of curriculum that existed during the ancient times in which the purpose of teaching was for survival. However, when the effects of discoveries and inventions became inevitable, ancient people's way of life had changed for the better. As a result, education became formal, and curriculum development evolved as systematic, planned, purposeful and progressive, even today.