Curriculum Development

ISBN-13: 9783847323433 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 180 str.

Munazza Mahmood

Opis

Engaging curriculum experts and school teachers in scholarly thought and purposeful use of curriculum dynamics and research on student learning is pivotal to improve students achievement. Curriculum experts and teachers have highlighted many deficiencies in curriculum development process in Pakistan especially at Secondary Level. Unfortunately the curriculum development process operating in Pakistan has been inherited from alien rulers and is in dire need of reforms as per emerging global realities and established religious and cultural values. To this end, existing curriculum development process of Pakistan has been studied and compared with of different prevailing international models in field of curriculum development. Feedback and opinions of curriculum experts and schools teachers were sought through comprehensive questionnaires. On the basis of their feedback, the researcher has proposed a model of curriculum development process for secondary level in Pakistan to improve the secondary level curriculum process. The proposed model was presented to curriculum experts wherein validated model was expected to give good result in changing global education parameters.

O autorze

Dr. Munazza Mahmood is Assistant Professor, Education at International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Previously, she was Deputy Registrar at Northern University, Pakistan. Her research interests include Curriculum Development, Project Management & Research Methodology etc. She supervises research projects / thesis in educational areas.