The challenges of large-scale curriculum development: A case study of Guyana and St. Kitts and Nevis
Guyana and St. Kitts and Nevis have recently and independently undertaken large-scale enhancement of their public-school curriculum. An educational leadership consultancy has led the process using an implementation model based on feedback from country communities regarding graduation outcomes and th...
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Universtas Pendidikan Indonesia
2023-06-01
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| author | Gregory Rodney MacKinnon Susan Sarah Owen Tyler MacLean Rajkumar Sookraj |
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| description | Guyana and St. Kitts and Nevis have recently and independently undertaken large-scale enhancement of their public-school curriculum. An educational leadership consultancy has led the process using an implementation model based on feedback from country communities regarding graduation outcomes and the ensuing preparation of a Curriculum and Assessment Framework. Curriculum outcomes were based on international best practices and captured in a curriculum template premised on backward design. Using a mixed methods approach, independent researchers analyzed factors that necessarily impact the process of curriculum development. Quantitative and qualitative research feedback established challenges in the process of curriculum development. Categories of feedback arose from surveys, interviews, and focus groups. These included challenges in preparation for writing, perceived impact on the school system, and working conditions during the process of writing. Similarities and differences in the country contexts are examined and suggestions for an improved approach are recommended. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-43773789f73542c6aa2d6b1794490e802025-02-11T21:46:12ZengUniverstas Pendidikan IndonesiaCurricula2964-73392830-79172023-06-0121295410.17509/curricula.v2i1.5602421566The challenges of large-scale curriculum development: A case study of Guyana and St. Kitts and NevisGregory Rodney MacKinnon0Susan Sarah Owen1Tyler MacLean2Rajkumar Sookraj3School of Education, Acadia University, Nova ScotiaThe University of the West Indies, Open Campus, Bridgetown, St. MichaelHenan Experimental Middle School, Middle school in ZhengzhouUniversity of Guyana, Higher educational institution in GeorgetownGuyana and St. Kitts and Nevis have recently and independently undertaken large-scale enhancement of their public-school curriculum. An educational leadership consultancy has led the process using an implementation model based on feedback from country communities regarding graduation outcomes and the ensuing preparation of a Curriculum and Assessment Framework. Curriculum outcomes were based on international best practices and captured in a curriculum template premised on backward design. Using a mixed methods approach, independent researchers analyzed factors that necessarily impact the process of curriculum development. Quantitative and qualitative research feedback established challenges in the process of curriculum development. Categories of feedback arose from surveys, interviews, and focus groups. These included challenges in preparation for writing, perceived impact on the school system, and working conditions during the process of writing. Similarities and differences in the country contexts are examined and suggestions for an improved approach are recommended.https://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/CURRICULA/article/view/56024challengescurriculum and assessment frameworkscurriculum development |
| spellingShingle | Gregory Rodney MacKinnon Susan Sarah Owen Tyler MacLean Rajkumar Sookraj The challenges of large-scale curriculum development: A case study of Guyana and St. Kitts and Nevis Curricula challenges curriculum and assessment frameworks curriculum development |
| title | The challenges of large-scale curriculum development: A case study of Guyana and St. Kitts and Nevis |
| title_full | The challenges of large-scale curriculum development: A case study of Guyana and St. Kitts and Nevis |
| title_fullStr | The challenges of large-scale curriculum development: A case study of Guyana and St. Kitts and Nevis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The challenges of large-scale curriculum development: A case study of Guyana and St. Kitts and Nevis |
| title_short | The challenges of large-scale curriculum development: A case study of Guyana and St. Kitts and Nevis |
| title_sort | challenges of large scale curriculum development a case study of guyana and st kitts and nevis |
| topic | challenges curriculum and assessment frameworks curriculum development |
| url | https://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/CURRICULA/article/view/56024 |
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