ASSAIGNMENT
Topic : Curriculum Transaction, need and components
Introduction
Curriculum is a written plan that drives instruction. It delineates the skills and concepts taught and evaluated to enhance student achievement. The term “curriculum” is generally understood as the courses or programmes of study offered by an educational institution. It is derived from the Latin word “currere” or “to run” as it to run a race course.
Curriculum Transaction is the effective and desired implementation of the curriculum contents on the basis of aims and objectives listed in the curriculum. Curriculum Transaction incorporates effective planning for providing learning experiences for its learners, organization of planning, administration/implementation of the organized planning and evaluation of the implementations by the implementer and the experts in the relevant field.
Curriculum Transaction or Curriculum management is the process of planning and organizing the curriculum in a particular subject area for different levels of education and continuously monitor it while being implemented.
With changing time, curriculum should also change reflecting the needs and aspirations of the people. There cannot be a uniform curriculum for all the countries for all the time, because education is related to social, economic and political changes in the country. Curriculum content should be based on current information and not on the past information that has been proved to be false or outdated and unusable. There is therefore need for constantly changing and updating the curriculum content.
Definition
“It is a tool in the hands of the artist (the teacher) to mould his material (the pupil) in accordance with his ideal in his studio(the school).” -Cunningham
“The curriculum is all of the experiences that individual learners have in a programme of education whose purpose is to achieve broad goals and related specific objectives, which are planned in terms of a framework of theory and research or past and professional practice.” – G.Hass
Components
Curriculum Transaction = Planning curriculum in a subject area for different levels of study + continuously monitoring their implementation.
Curriculum Transaction is the effective and desired implementation of the curriculum contents on the basis of aims and objectives listed in the curriculum.
Curriculum Transaction incorporates :
*Effective planning for providing learning experiences for its learners,
*Organization of planning,
*Administration/implementation of the organized planning
*Evaluation of the implementations by the implementer and the experts in the relevant field.
Some of the requirements of effective curriculum transaction are:
*Planning
*Clarity of thought
*Knowing how we will transact
*Review of the work
*Team responsibility
*Clarity of communication
*Addressing different levels of children
*Knowing, observing and understanding children at all times
*Time management
*Alertness
*Material organization
*Room set up
*The way we reach out to the children
*Ready alternatives
Curriculum Transaction approaches are
*Group work
*Project work
*Seminar presentations
*Assignments
*Symposia
*Discussions
*Workshop practices
*Preparation of learning materials
*Self and peer evaluation
*Micro teaching sessions
*Club activities
*Citizenship training camp
*Study tour
*Buzz sessions
*Use of ICT
*Portfolios
*Quiz
*Debates
*Peer teaching
*Brainstorming
*PowerPoint presentations
*Book reviews
*Research Colloquium
*Note making
*Note taking
*News reading in the morning assembly.
*Verse Recitation
*Thought for the day presentation by the students.
*Gardening
*Extension activities
*Panel discussion
*Extempore Speeches
*Paired leaning
*Criticism and discussion classes
*Album preparation
*Role play and simulation
*Black board sketches
*Co-operative learning
*Study circle
*Tutor-ward system
*Remedial Teaching
Need and importance of curriculum transaction
Education leads from darkness of illiteracy to brightness of intellect. Education is the right of a human being in the world which is required to develop all of their attributes and skills to achieve their potential as human beings and members of society. In all aspects of the surrounding education community, the focus is on learning which strengthens the capabilities of human being to act progressively on their own behalf through the acquisition of relevant knowledge, useful skills and appropriate attitudes; and which creates emotions of safety, security and healthy interaction in the human.
Curriculum is a systematic and intended packaging of competencies (i.e. knowledge, skills and attitudes that are underpinned by values) that learners should acquire through organized learning experiences both in formal and non-formal settings. A noble curriculum plays an important role to the development of thinking skills and the acquisition of relevant knowledge that learners need to apply in the context of their studies, daily life and careers.
Major emphasis should be given on effective transaction of curriculum in any educational program. The main responsibility of the curriculum transaction lies on the teachers and trainers who may use different types of pedagogies to create a nice academic environment in the institution and students can be benefited in gaining knowledge and developing skills as per industry demand. Curriculum is implemented by teachers, and depends moreover on the quality of teaching and learning strategies, learning materials and assessment. Quality education should not be regarded as a process of consumption, but as a process of interaction between teachers and students. A wide range of teaching techniques is used in institutions. The set of teaching techniques strongly depends on the instructional form of education. Apart from the ubiquitous lecture, the additional consultation teaching elements may be Seminar (small group teaching), Tutorials, Research seminar, Exercise classes or courses, Workshops (classroom based practical classes), Problem-solving sessions, Laboratory teaching, Demonstration classes, Placement (internship/traineeship), Work based practice, Fieldwork, Online / Distance or e-learning. Use of teaching elements depends on the focus of the teaching and the intended learning outcomes for the students.
Reference
D.S Srivastava, Sarita kumari –Curriculum and instruction-Isha books-2005
http://www.slideshare.net
http://jklu.edu.in
