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Review
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3 Elements of Curriculum implementation
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Reasons of failure and success
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Models of Evaluation
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Implications to teaching and learning
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Value Orientations in Curriculum process
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Educational and Curriculum philosophies and theories underpinning your subject
curriculum;
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A curriculum that is structured, focused and coherent;
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A framework of assumptions about the learner such as learners’ capacity and ability,
aptitudes and potential for learning, motivation, needs, and interests;
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The 4 Major components of the curriculum and discuss the issues and trends that have
influenced your choice and decision
The twenty first century ushers in a myriad of new lifestyles, practices and
technologies which impinge on the educational practice. One of the most prominent
innovations is the connectivity that is anywhere and anytime through the internet, utilising
Wi-Fi, smart phones, modems and numerous other digital technologies.
The digital natives today who inhabit the schools of this age are apt to these changes
but the big question is whether the education system planned and implemented by digital
immigrants are responding to these changes and innovations. Are these twenty first century
technologies being utilised for educational endeavours and administrative support? More
importantly is whether the teachers of this age know how to shift from providers of
information to facilitators of independent learners who can proficiently process and utilise
information (McLeod & Lehmann, 2012)?
Students today have to be prepared for not just today's changes but the yet to be
unfurled changes and transformations that are upcoming and being conceptualised now.
Thus, they must be equipped to be adaptive to changes with what is known as 21st century
skills so as to have the arsenals to confront these transformations head-on when they embark
into the workforce after completion of their educational route.
These are very relevant and current issues that need to be addressed even in our
country Malaysia that is racing to enter the developed world status. How do we educators
make this quantum leap into a cloud-connected borderless environment so that students have
the opportunity to learn in an immersive mode to the already arrived world of connectivity?
This is the question that I want to explore in this project. Needless to say, there will not be a
one-size-fits-all kind of solution but I would like to embark on this adventure with my student
teachers who will soon enter the school market as trained educators. It is absolutely
imperative that we who prepare beginning teachers for service in our Malaysian schools
should grapple with the many questions on why, what and how to implement 21st century
pedagogy.