Curriculum foundation refers to the factors that influence the minds of curriculum developers to make a decision on what to include in the curriculum and its structure. There are certain factors that provide background information on which the curriculum developers depend to make the decisions.
The economic foundation of the curriculum gives importance to the vocational. workforce and send it to other countries for jobs.
It focuses on:
Job or market-oriented curriculum
The economic foundation of the curriculum gives importance to the vocational aspect of the curriculum. The economic condition of a nation or a society guide the curriculum of the country because the stakeholder of education wants to employ such a curriculum which help them to build their economy and the people have better jobs when they finish their schooling. In this kind of situation, the curriculum becomes job or market-oriented. In this curriculum, the curriculum developer gives importance to skills acquisition which is the demands of the time. Undeveloped nations try to prepare a skilled workforce and send it to other countries for jobs. Here are some economic factors that influence the curriculum development process.
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The financial condition of a country reflects its curriculum because without proper funding one can’t achieve the outcome of a good curriculum. It is the financial aspect of a country that guides them to adopt which type of curriculum, for example, activity base or learner center curriculum needs more money in the process of the implementation of the curriculum the subject matter curriculum.
Because activity base and learner center curricula need more space and money than subject matter, for that reason in Pakistan we adopted subject base curriculum because we have a shortage of schools, classrooms in schools, and trained teachers. In economically sound countries they have implemented all kinds of curricula in their schools according to the need of the school and that society. Without proper funding, one can’t implement a good curriculum in the country and achieve the benefits of that curriculum. Without proper funding, one can’t implement a good curriculum in the country and achieve the benefits of that curriculum.
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Lack of resources due to financial constraints affects the development and planning of the curriculum. What type of curriculum should have to support it through proper funding? There are different factors in the curriculum development, planning, and implementation process that need financial support e.g. Schools lack physical facilities including buildings, classrooms, furniture, Hostel, Playgrounds, mats, and even very basic necessities like blackboard, chalk, and charts.
The lack of skilled manpower due to financial restraints, without proper financial support it is hard to train the people to support the teaching-learning process. Only through proper funding and the establishment of training institutions for teachers and support staff. Teachers are the core of the education system and without proper training, one can’t implement a curriculum to support the curriculum one needs to train the entire teacher on that style of curriculum. So the skills of the teachers also guide the direction of the curriculum, and to develop these skills the teachers need funds.
The lack of labs and libraries also affect the curriculum development process because, without proper computer labs in cities and villages, one can’t implement computer education curriculum all over the country. In the same way without proper libraries in all schools, one can’t implement a curriculum that needs supporting or reference books.
Also without a proper health care system in the schools lot of activities can’t be part of the curriculum due to the risk factors to the health of the students and teachers.
The overburden of the population is also one of the factors that affect the financial support of the curriculum development, lack of facilities, and implementation of the curriculum in the country.
In short, we can say that economics plays a vital role in the curriculum development and implementation process in the country and it is the foundation of a successful curriculum, without a good economic background a country can’t afford a curriculum that needs huge financial support.
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