Curriculum Change

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This paper discusses the three most popular curriculum change models, top-down, bottom-up and the partnership model. It explains that while all three have their advantages the partnership model of curriculum change is best suited for the future integration of new delivery formats and educational models. Also, the role of the school is touched upon in the sense that it has become a virtual organization in its own right as well as taking upon itself a greater role in the social positioning of its constituents.

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"Three of the most predominant models of curriculum change are the top-down model, the bottom-up model, and the partnership based model (Pinar, 2003). The top-down model is based on a body of curriculum that is less vulnerable to change or influence on the part of teaching and other educational staff. The implication being that curriculum is better left to curriculum designers and educational theorists and that educators should have a minimal role in developing, designing, and assigning content to course curriculum. The bottom-up approach to curriculum change arose out of the realization that educational staff, primarily teachers and other educators invariably change curriculum content. This acknowledgement led to the bottom-up approach, which, as its name implies, relies on educators as a primary source of curriculum content. The rationale behind this model for curriculum change is that if educators are given a greater role in course content ..."

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