TEACHERS AS DEVELOPERS: A SCHOOL-BASED APPROACH TO CURRICULUM IN SOCIAL STUDIES
Abstract
Much of the failure of curriculum reform and educational change has been attributed to lack of local participation in the process of curriculum elaboration. Solutions to problems of program implementation often include a return to the school as the most fruitful focus of action. While Baillie's article illuminates the dynamics of local curriculum development, it is poignant in its juxtaposition with the highly prescriptive program d'études that are emanating from the Ministry of Education. Will there be room for sufficient curriculum elaboration and adaptation to permit its ownership at the local level? Ray Baillie has worked over many years to build a school-based team of teachers who continue to generate a social studies curriculum of high quality. Their self-built instructional materials are specifically geared to the needs of their learners and not of the local educational community. This article portrays the essential elements of a view and process of curriculum in which the teacher is a prime creator or developer as well as a user. RÉSUMÉ L'échec de la réforme des programmes et des changements pédagogiques est imputable en grande partie au manque de participation au processus d'élaboration des programmes à l'échelon local. Le meilleur moyen de résoudre les problèmes de mise en application des programmes consiste bien souvent à retourner à l'école. En même temps qu'il éclaire la dynamique de l'élaboration locale des programmes, l'article de Baillie est passionnant par la juxtaposition qu'il établit avec les programmes d'études éminemment normatifs qui émanent du M.E.Q. Sera-t-il encore possible d'élaborer et d'adapter certains programmes à l'échelon local? Ray Baillie travaille depuis de nombreuses années à la formation d'une équipe de professeurs qui continuent à produire des programmes sciences humaines de haute qualité. Le matériel pédagogique qu'ils ont eux-même conçu est axé sur les besoins de la communauté éducative locale. Cet article donne un aperçcu des éléments essentiels des programmes dont le professeur est l'un des principaux créateurs ou concepteurs ainsi que l'usager.Downloads
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1981-09-01
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Baillie, R. (1981). TEACHERS AS DEVELOPERS: A SCHOOL-BASED APPROACH TO CURRICULUM IN SOCIAL STUDIES. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 16(003). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/7417
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