Curriculum Review January 13, 2010

1. Curriculum ReviewJanuary 13, 2010 Asmat Rahim Bashir Daulat Nazish

2. Community Based School

3. School Orientation Celebrated 60th years in 2009 Primary Secondary Kindergarten

4. School Orientation Play ground Indoor game Swimming pool Kitchen

5. School Orientation Computer Lab AV Aids Lunch hall Library

6. School Orientation Hostel TV theater Fitness Centre Fitness centre Art room

7. School Orientation • Prayer room • Male & Female staff • Long hours of school

8. Analysis framework for data collection

9. Data Collection tools • Semi structure questions • Observation • Classroom observation • Photography • Documents • Interview

10. Data Sources

11. Educational Aims • holistic development • to educate the people • to give knowledge • Intellectual development • to make a good human being • to prepare a good citizen • to support parents, society & country

12. School Aims • Implicitly school aims to educate oppressed community children to prepare them, to meet their future challenges • No explicit aim shared

13. Slogan ‘An oasis in the desert’

14. Curriculum - Ideologies • Religious orthodoxy • School name • Sign & symbols • Syllabus • Religious activities & norms • Rational humanism • Scientific studies (Science, Math & Computer) • Progressvism • Human Intillegence • Social reform (school aim)

15. Curriculum - Orientations • Cognitive development • intellectual development • health & hygiene day • Curriculum as technology • Teaching computer science • social reconstruction • to develop student for society needs

16. Curriculum- Syllabus • Textbooks • Oxford (Primary & Middle) • Aga Khan Examination Board (9th & 10th) • Religious Education (Talimaat) • Course outline for grade 1 - 5 (SSt subject)

17. Initiatives & processes (educational aims) • Low rate of fees • Fund generation • Free of cost books • Religious practice/activities • Students week/students day • Parents/Mother’s Day • World Children day • Hygiene & cleanliness day • Sport events • Assembly presentation • School Representative Council - Protector

18. Teaching/learning Model – Directed Method • Teacher focused • Structured lesson planning • Instructional based (set sequence) • Student act as receiver • all student learn same materials • Classroom some times become interactive • Activities: Lecture, discussion, demonstration student practice, seat work, testing

19. Teacher learning • Professional growth/development • Cooperative teaching strategies/ Team effort • Subject wise teacher get together for planning (Yearly/Semester wise/Monthly/Weekly/ Period wise) • Sharing feedbacks through subject diary • Peer/classroom observation

20. Teaching/Learning Theories Behaviorist theory - Skinner • Reinforcement • Positive reinforcement (Reward) • Exam achievement • Project work completion • Name display in school • Negative reinforcement (Punishment) • Breaking rules & regulation (discipline) • Repetition of lesson (Concept) Cont…

21. Teaching/Learning Theories Educational reforms (John Dewey) • Curriculum topic are integrated – Computer & Language • Education through connection with life – Topics are related to daily life • Hands-on & experience based learning – Project work, Art work

22. Learning Inside classroom • New language • New information • Hands-on skills: Art, Computer, scientific • Cooperative learning • Communication skills • Social development skills

23. Learning outside classroom • Leadership skill – SRC • Physical development – Sports • Social & religious norms - Practice • Independent learning– Hostel/Lib • Confidence building - Assembly • Career development – Counseling • Sense of ownership – Voluntarily service

24. Role of parents/Community • to support the school, teachers & headteacher • cooperate • feedback • Fund • Participation in school activities • Board of Governors

25. Student Assessment Directed Method Assessment Strategy Test & products match set criteria Same measure for all student Graded Routine School exam Terminal And Annual AKEB - Exam Ungraded Project works Participation in activities Social norms Students portfolio

26. Purposes Assessment • To promote • To judge learning

27. Teacher Assessment • Annual twice appraisal of teaching staff • Parent feed back • Subject wise result • provided chance to improve their performance

28. Recommendations & Suggestions Curriculum • Explicit vision • Teachers full involvement in planning (Material, Lesson) • Assessment • Conceptual based test • Over all performance • project, creative work etc • Learning/Teaching • Constructive approach • Students explore them selves • Seating arrangement • Students work on display • Utilization of Low cost No cost materials

29. Our learning journey It was a wonderful experience to see some of the educational theories in practice

30. References Eisner, E. (2002). Six Curriculum Ideologies, the Educational Imagination. London: Merrill Prentice Hall. Eisner, E.W. & Vallance, E. (1974). Conflicting conceptions of curriculum. Barkley: McCutchan Publication Corp. pp. 1-18. Roblyer, M.D., (2003). Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching. New Jersey: Merrill Prentice Hall http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=oasis&FORM=BIFD#focal=9cda7ad5befaee09eb752af1354430fd&furl=http%3A%2F%2Fwrongdistance.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F09%2Fhuacachina-oasis.jpg

31. Thank You Question & Answers