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Outline the determinants of education.

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1. Needs of Society

Political forces
-Curriculum planners should take into consideration the political function of education.
-Curriculum planned should develop in children the ability to cope with competitive systems of values, ideas and beliefs.
Economic factors
-Determine the shape and direction of the curriculum.
-E.g. school in a strong economic support system region is likely to have better facilities than one in a poorer environment.

Social or cultural forces

-Curriculum is inevitably influenced by the developments taking place in the society.
-They include:
-Demographic
-Economic
-Psychological shifts

Special interest groups

-These are various organizations in the society which disseminate policies that have a bearing on education and curriculum issues.
-E.g.
-Religious
-employers,
-manufacturing,
-Teachers union.
-PTA….

Changes in nature of knowledge

-Shifts in educational thinking leads to new theories regarding educational practice and these eventually influence curriculum.
-Currently, new approaches to educational practice include:
-Individualization assisted instruction
-Computer assisted instruction
-Team teaching
-Programmed learning
-Performance based teacher education

Technological advancement

-Effects of technology in curriculum manifest at two levels:
-School level in terms of the strategies applied by the teachers in curriculum implementation
-E.g. use of mass media, overhead projectors
-Planning stage in curriculum development when decisions are made concerning various courses of study
E.g. introduction of computer studies in primary, secondary
-Psychological issues
-Philosophical issues

marto answered the question on May 7, 2019 at 06:19

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