Why do so few school have a curriculum in place ??
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:11 pm
Am I the only one that ends up in schools that are have been in existence for fifty years and are still writing their curriculum? What's the story? What has been happening at these schools in the past? So, here I am again at a school with no visible curriculum and we, the teachers, are expected to create it. I?m sure the next group of teachers will be in the same boat.
This all reminds me of the difference between the successful Japanese car and the junky American car. Why is one so much better than the other? It?s simple. When a Japanese executive retires his successor capitalizes on what has already been created, going on the perfect an already successful model. The incoming American executive, on the other hand, throws out everything that his predecessor created and in an attempt to make his mark, reinvents the wheel. Of course this wheel has a wobble to it, which is never corrected because the next guy in line starts all over again.
So it goes with so many international schools. Are educators beyond learning from the past we so adamantly instruct our students to rely on for clues to the future?
This all reminds me of the difference between the successful Japanese car and the junky American car. Why is one so much better than the other? It?s simple. When a Japanese executive retires his successor capitalizes on what has already been created, going on the perfect an already successful model. The incoming American executive, on the other hand, throws out everything that his predecessor created and in an attempt to make his mark, reinvents the wheel. Of course this wheel has a wobble to it, which is never corrected because the next guy in line starts all over again.
So it goes with so many international schools. Are educators beyond learning from the past we so adamantly instruct our students to rely on for clues to the future?