Chapter 12- Curriculum Issues and Trends

What are the Issues and Trends?

National CurriculumCensored CurriculumTextbook CurriculumCompensatory

EducationMulticultural

Education

School ReformMoral EducationTechnology Curriculum Politics

National Curriculum

National StandardsGoals 2000

Assistance to states and local school districts

NSBA position

Clarifying the Federal Role in Education

Censored Curriculum

Sanctity of the familyCriticism of the free enterprise systemanti-AmericanismObscene languageRacial biasCreationism vs Evolution

Textbooks are the curriculumAdvantages and DisadvantagesAlternatives

Computer-assisted Instruction Customized Publishing

Textbooks

“At-Risk” StudentsProblems

no significant differences in learning less output in relation to input fade out process soft data

Compensatory Curriculum

Melting Pot vs Salad BowlDraws from the diversity of the human familyProcedural knowledgeEffective instructional approaches for

teaching students of various racial backgrounds

Bilingual Education

Multicultural Education

Market driven Privatized Education Choice

School Reform

Different ethnic groups have different views of what it means to have good morals or good character

Moral Education

Human values and educational purposes over others

Clear intentNot a quick fixHow best to collect and share information

about schools

Technology and Curriculum

Politics of Curriculum