Re-taking Curriculum 2013, Why Not? Curriculum is a soul of education. It uses as the motor of education system; from it our generations are held to be better. It is like a bridge to reach our nation goals. Several months ago or about three semesters ago Indonesian students were surprised by the government policy. Curriculum 2006 or Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan (KTSP) was changed into Curriculum 2013. It happened in Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s era, when Muhammad Nuh was the Minister of Education Ministry of Indonesia. Curriculum 2013 has been being used for three semesters and it concentrates to create a responsible student. It is used in 6221 schools. Those are 2598 Elementary Schools, 1437 Junior High Schools and 1165 Senior High Schools. …show more content…
I am sorry if I talked like this. Did not they hear about global term that we have to face in the next year? English is very important skill that we need in several years later, as we know English is used in almost every international conference in the world. English becomes an international unity language, it is the key to build the international connection." said one of the lecturer of English Department Semarang State University when I asked about Curriculum 2013. Irony, we decrease our English course when our neighbor country has significant increasing hours of English course, such as in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and etc. Basically, Curriculum 2013 has ideas to change every single thing in our education system. Students are forced to be independent and responsible for what they are learning. This aim is to create Indonesian who really Indonesian. However, there are some students were disappointed for this curriculum, they said they had to study harder because the teacher's role just as the supervisor in class. The teacher only opens the materials and for more information they should browse it or look up internet or need to take a private lesson at
The word curriculum can mean something different to different people, even to different teachers who use the term almost daily (Manning & Butcher, 2012). However, it boils down to curriculum being what a student learns, both in terms of core subject content, as well as though social activity and elective/activity courses. However, there has often been a disconnect between different states and districts over what exactly should be in the curriculum for various grades and what is needed to prepare students for life beyond school, as well as providing little basis for comparing the US to other countries. That’s where Common Core State Standards (CCSS) come in. According to Teaching in the Middle School (2012), the Common Core standards were created in an attempt to provide curriculum standards that are “rigorous, internationally benchmarked, and aligned with college and work expectations”. Since its implementation in 2009, 42 US states and the District of Columbia have integrated the standards into their curriculums. (Core Standards, 2015)
Curriculums are the roadmaps for schools which provide purpose and direction for administrators, educators, parents, and students. Curriculum typically refers to, “the knowledge and skills students are expected to learn, which includes the learning standards or learning objectives they are expected to meet; the units and lessons that teachers teach; the assignments and projects given to students; the books, materials, videos, presentations, and readings used in a course; and the tests, assessments, and other methods used to evaluate student learning.” (Curriculum, 2015, para. 1) Curriculums may come in many shapes and forms, whether they’re purchased as a package at the school or district level or they’re created or refined by educators and
The purpose of the Comprehensive Curriculum Project (CCP) is to analyze the myriad of issues that have arisen over the last few years revolving around curricula and its use in the classroom, school, and district. With the 2010 state adoption of the Common Core, educators experienced many different transitional issues and developmental issues revolving around the curricula. In order to develop a deeper understanding of these issues it is important to conduct interviews, look at the Teacher Working Conditions survey, and to analyze local organizational models that might affect the transition to the new standards.
Curriculum, as stated by Glickman (2014) “is the what of instruction”. Additionally, Ornstein and Hunkins, (as cited by Glickman, Gordon and Ross-Gordon, 2014) have listed the elements of the curriculum and they “are sequence and continuity, scope and balance”. The mastery with which a teacher can incorporate the elements of the curriculum in instruction is categorized by levels. The levels of teacher involvement in curriculum implementation are described and exemplfied
Curriculum is so much more than the paper copy of lessons and activities that we receive as teachers, but before this course I never really thought of curriculum as
For Curriculum it does not matter the religion or the nationality, children are educated into particular modes which can make sense of their experiences and the environment around them, and also into a set of behavioral expectations, skills and knowledge, which the society requires for its future.
Brady and Kennedy (2010) define the term curriculum as ‘the means by which young people and adults gain the essential knowledge, skills and attributes they need to be productive and informed citizens in a democratic society.’ However the term has many varied definitions, it can be described as being the subject matter, the overall plan for teaching or the outcome of what is taught (Wiles, 2005). Marsh and Willis (cited in Marsh, 2009, p. 3) break curriculum down into three individual areas of ‘planned curriculum’, the objectives and aims, ‘enacted curriculum’, how the objectives are
2. What are the problem of implementation English subject in 2013 revised curriculum in the 7th grade of SMPN 35 Semarang?
Systematic curriculum is designed to solve future issues and for a sustainable development of society. No Child Left behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) is the example of systematic curriculum. Systematic curriculum is used as tool for preparation of nations’ future workforce and makes able the communities to compete with the demands of twenty first century needs. In systematic curriculum there is great emphasis on higher level thinking and vast knowledge contents particularly in mathematics, sciences and technology. Another example of systematic curriculum is
Curriculum is hardly new in fact it dates way back to ancient Greece and the famous Aristotle’s (384BC- 322BC) who was a Greek philosopher. A student of Plato came up with the categorisation of knowledge, which I will be discussing later on in the commentary. So curriculum has been around for years, but the way we understand
The main focus of this paper is to shed some lights on concept of curriculum through two aspects: the fulfillment of an integrated curriculum through Doll 's lens as well as the importance of involving stakeholders in the development of curriculum.
Although it is impossible to agree on just one definition of curriculum, one can understand the idea based on how it functions in relation to education practice by aligning the three major types of curriculum, which are intended curriculum, implemented
We all know that the K-12 program has been implemented in the year 2013. K-12 program include kindergarten, 6 years Primary education, 4 years Junior high school, and 2 years Senior high school. This program or curriculum will help the children to be ready bloated labor market. in our old curriculum a 10 years basic education is not effective by dumping our underage high school graduate in our bloated labor market, requiring three to four years in the collage or universities and in larger world, damaging the prospect of the nation’s youth both in foreign universities and foreign jobs.
Curriculum is an essential tool in the implementation of a quality education. With its proper implementation, an excellent result in the educational system will be achieved. The educational system varies from one country to another in the whole world. For instance, most European countries are following the Bologna Accord while India appreciated very much the implementation of the Washington accord in their engineering programs. At present, the Philippines is facing certain adjustments if not changes in the educational system due to the implementation of the new set-up, the K-12. Developments and revisions on the materials needed in the teaching-learning situation as well as realignment on the programs offered were made.
According to Blaise and Nuttall (2011), to understand curriculum, we must first understand what is meant by the term curriculum. Within curriculum there are five key concepts, they are the intended curriculum The Intended curriculum is the curriculum that the teachers want the children to experience in order to develop particular knowledge, skills, and attitudes. (Blaise & Nuttall, 2011, p. 82). The enacted curriculum is what teachers want students to experience. important reason why the intended curriculum is enacted differently from teacher to teacher, from classroom to classroom, is that a key part of a teachers work is to interpret the official curriculum, taking into account a wide range of variables that are specific to their classroom and school setting.