Deepen!: Curricularist. A TEACHER'S Role Is Broader and Inclusive of Other Functions and So A
Deepen!: Curricularist. A TEACHER'S Role Is Broader and Inclusive of Other Functions and So A
Deepen!: Curricularist. A TEACHER'S Role Is Broader and Inclusive of Other Functions and So A
In this lesson, we will start using the word curricularist to describe a professional
who is a curriculum specialist (Hayes, 1991; Ornstein & Hunkins, 2004; Hewitt,
2006). A person who is involved in curriculum knowing, writing, planning,
implementing, evaluating, innovating, and initiating may be designated as
curricularist. A TEACHER'S role is broader and inclusive of other functions and so a
teacher is a curricularist.
7. evaluates the curriculum. How can one determine if the desired learning
outcomes have been achieved? Is the curriculum working? Does it bring the
•desired results?' What do outcomes reveal? Are the learners achieving? Are
there some practices that should be modified? Should the curriculum be
modified, terminated or continued? These are some few questions that need the
help of a curriculum evaluator. That person is the teacher. (Evaluator)
The seven different roles are those which a responsible teacher does in the
classroom every day! Doing this multi-faceted work qualifies a teacher to be a
curricularist.
As a curricularist, a teacher will be knowing, writing, implementing, innovating,
initiating and evaluating the curriculum in the school and classrooms just like the role
models and advocates in curriculum and curriculum development who have shown
the way.