CURRICULUM

Curriculum development

Curriculum development

Introduction

Curriculum refers to the syllabus that teachers follow to teach the student's whole year. The students must learn and get the knowledge that is required by the curriculum so that they can be promoted to the next level. It provides an advantage to the teachers and helps them in sticking to their respective subjects while managing time well.

One of the key elements of education of adults is related to decisions made regarding the curriculum and, in particular, in specific areas formal education. But curriculum decisions are not purely technical decisions that specify the education programs. All educational activities in determining specific targets learning cannot be oblivious to the cultural, social context, the psychological dimension of course, the teaching and relationships established between individuals (teachers and students) and content, materials, time and objectives sought. In turn, in its own analysis of the education system and curriculum decisions are present legal rules or sanction indicate mandatory minimums, government programs and as a center for educational projects and curriculum that each teacher develops in the classroom (Jackson, 2002).

Discussion

Comparison of A-Level courses and B-Tech Courses

The main difference between the B-tech and A-Level is that the B-tech is 100% coursework, whilst the A-Level involves exams and most likely coursework. Also, the A-Level takes less time than the B-tech so the student will most likely cover less material. The B-tech is taken over two years and the student does not get a grade for it until the end of the 2 years- either Pass, Merit or Distinction, normally based on the coursework you have produced.

However there are exams for the A-Level at the end of the first year, and then student can drop it if he wishes to. The points will not be the same as the B-tech will most likely be worth the equivalent of 2 or 3 A-Levels, and the points student may get will be dependent on the overall grade and the number of grades its worth, so normally 2 or 3. The same goes with A-Levels, though the points score would be less with an A-Level because there is only one of it. If a student did a B-tech worth 3 A-Levels and got DDD, the highest grade possible, then he would have the same points score as someone who got AAA at A-Level.

B-Tech Mathematics courses are; Mathematics -II, Discrete Mathematics Probability and Statistics, Probability Theory and Random Processes, Numerical Methods, Biostatistics, while A-Level mathematics courses are; Pure Mathematics (units P1, P2 and P3), Probability and Statistics (units S1 and S2) and Mechanics (units M1 and M2).

As for which one a student may choose, he may consider these points;

-Do you do well in coursework or struggle with exams? If you struggle with exams, consider the B-tech.

-Are you committed to doing business in the long term or would you prefer to take it with different options to see if there is something you prefer, because from what educational analysts have gathered, business GCSE can be quite ...