Chapter 2

    THE ROLES OF CURRICULUM WORKERS.

                            

    CURRICULUM WORKERS???

•  People who work on curriculum engage in many different types of endeavors.
• Curriculum workers had the first time approach that appeared both comprehensive and workable,
• They are advised to concentrate on student behaviors in devising objectives for a unit to emphasize appropriate learning experience rather than simply identifying content to be covered.

1. Curriculum practitioners use curricula within the instructional arena and super- vise its use in schools.
2. Classroom teachers who plan instruction using social studies textbooks, implement a reading program, or derive a science program from curriculum ideas offered on a Web site a curriculum practitioners.
3. Curriculum disseminators make known to curriculum practitioners the existence of curricula and the proper methods of using them. A curricula disseminator might be a textbook salesperson, a school district subject matter specialist, a college professor offering a methods course, or a workshop leader for publishing company or professional organization.

                     
                                              

    CURRICULUM EVALUATOR

• Curriculum evaluation is historically as rich as education.The evaluation  concept is so comprehensive that contains several evaluation activities with the common function of investigating a certain curriculum in a given administrative content.

                           

    CURRICULUM ADVOCATES

• Curriculum advocates are educators and members of the general public who are concerned about and attempt to influence what is taught in schools and how it is taught.
• A curriculum advocate might be a parent attempting to influence the curriculum decision of his child's school, a citizen trying to influence the curriculum decisions of the state department of education, or a politician (perhaps a president,governor, or legislator) attempting to implement her curriculum ideas through the political process. 

                         

CURRICULUM THEORISTS

• Curriculum theorists examine the philosophical and ideological underpinnings of existing curricula;

1. Study how curricula are used, disseminated, created, and evaluated. How study the endeavors and intents of other  curriculum workers.
2. Speculate on what curricula should accomplish,probe the "whys" of their own examinations.
3. Write books such as this one, all for the purpose of contributing to the general body of knowledge about effective curriculum practice, dissemination , advocacy, development , and evaluation. 

                       

THE ROLE OF THE CURRICULUM

• The role or the curriculum worker is a categorized under four headings and rationale provided for each;

1. Coordination of curriculum planning and development.
2. Definition and application of curriculum theory.
3. Design and application of curriculum research
4. Provision of aid in filling in;service needs of staff.