Title: Modularized Curriculum | TransLeadership
Headings: Modularized Curriculum
Modularized Curriculum
Content: Well, probably all of the above, but more to the point, do they hold back innovation in education? Educational systems have a tendency to survey constituents when making change, but is that prudent? ( Perhaps from a political perspective, but from the perspective of affecting change is it?) Don’t constituents simply want more of the same? How often do we hear, “Back when I was in school…” when folks talk about innovation in education? For example, we know from Howard Gardner’s work that different children learn differently, but the movement to enact meaningful change for atypical learners is often meant with resistance because, “back when I was in school, we didn’t have…” or “when I started teaching we didn’t have to worry about…” Despite mountains of research to suggest that innovations often lead to increase student performance, educational systems are loath to change – or perhaps it is more accurate to suggest that they can’t change. Horn made the claim in our discussion that the interdependency of school systems creates standardization, thus not allowing schools to customize and personalize their program. In effect, making them rigid and change adverse. Which is why I am so excited about the prevalence of online schools. ( In the interest of full disclosure, I work part-time at the Virtual Learning Academy Charter School -VLACS.)