I think that the educational curriculum for schools is developed by a team of people that are a part of or closely related to the education system. The people who are creating it can be either practicing or retired teachers, although it may also be people who never have taught in a classroom and might not even have a degree in Education.
After.School Curriculum is developed and implement by provincial governments, teachers, principals, senior administrators, and elected local authorities are also all involved in curriculum reviews and decisions. Since there are so many people involved in creating the curriculum it is easy to see why changing and creating new curriculum is a very lengthy process. This is due to the fact that each of these people would have their own personal thoughts and opinions about what needs to be taught in classrooms and there is probably quite a few disagreements about importance of certain topics. Not only is it a lot of work but there is always a lot of backlash about the curriculum. Many people quite easily share their dislikes and concerns about the curriculum. To me at some point the curriculum creators just have to decide and admit that no matter what they put in the curriculum someone will not like it. It is created with two broad but main objectives, or goals that should help support certain teaching and learning practices. This reading clearly illustrates how the curriculum has been and will always be political. Even when teachers or educators strive to pretend that the curriculum has not been heavily influenced by the government their actions are still political. To me while the government wants to make their province look good by challenging them in schools so that they can succeed in schools but at the same time ensuring that their schools get good results on tests and exams so that they can have the top scores in the country. In my opinion student thoughts and opinions should have more influence on the curriculum then members of government do.
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