Curriculum the Relationship Between Curriculum Essay

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If an instructor is tied down to a time consuming curriculum, they are not allowed much room for thought and passion behind their subject leaving students unenthusiastic and dull (Erickson, 2008). Also according to the same book, whose author conducted and compiled several studies, concept-based curricula are more effective than topic-based curricula because they call for students to synthesize, generalize, and analyze facts to gain a deeper understanding (Erickson, 2008). Topic-based curricula on the other hand, allow for a capacious overview of one subject without the ability to further understand in the classroom. Moreover, topic-based curricula has become obsolete as it is necessary in our ever-changing and fast paced world for students to analyze facts given instead of rereading information from decades past (Erickson, 2008).

Though there are conflicting studies, it seems to be the general consensus that the relationship between instruction and curriculum needs to change whatever it may be. Knowledge can no longer be obtained as efficiently as it used to be by following traditional ways of teaching.

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Instructors that choose to part from the curriculum are often ridiculed if they have done so noticeably. What needs to take place is a shift in curriculum in order for instructors to follow the curriculum and not feel the need to go astray. Making a curriculum suitable for such a diverse community of students and teachers would be difficult. However, I believe this could be made possible by designing curricula that lend to instructors' passion for their subject as well as for students' who are present in their classrooms to learn......

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