Systematic Curriculum

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The subject middle school in Stuart, Florida best matches the Systematic Curriculum because it is standards based, data driven, and demonstrates universality with sameness of textbooks and curricular frameworks set by the school district. The state of Florida has instituted a set of standards for grades K-12 which follow the Common Core philosophy to standardize what students are expected to know and be able to do as a result of their Florida education. The subject middle school is charged with implementing those standards. The school goes through a series of systematic steps in order to align itself with a systematic district. It could be asserted that this is a successful approach as the school is in its 17th consecutive year of being …show more content…

While there is some room for teacher flexibility in choosing class novels, the core lessons follow the frameworks, so that any student within a grade level could change classes, or even schools, at any time without missing the instruction of the core standards. In essence, teachers have to follow a set guideline to accommodate schedule changes. The system is driving the way instruction is designed. This does benefit students because it ensures they do not miss an important part of the year, since all teachers are teaching the same standards at the same time. This approach is not perfect because of the variations that exist due to individual teacher pacing based on class performance, but it does create a guideline for what standards are being taught during what quarter, so the chance of a student missing focus standards is greatly …show more content…

The ultimate goal of a deliberative approach is for students to be well-rounded in knowledge, but, more importantly, to be well-rounded in how to use that knowledge to adapt to society. Since no commonplace is viewed as an expert, all stakeholders have an equal voice in molding the curriculum. Because the subject school currently identifies with most of the characteristics of a Systematic Curriculum, neither teachers nor students feel as though they have a voice in the curriculum because it is mainly driven by the system. A deliberative approach would allay that feeling of disempowerment because teachers and learners would be part of the curriculum conversation. The subject school would benefit from a deliberative approach in the commonplaces of teachers and learners. While the premise of the deliberative approach is that no one commonplace is more important than another, these two particular commonplaces are of importance because curriculum cannot be implemented without either. Additionally, if the school were to realistically transition out of the systematic approach to a deliberative approach, these two commonplaces are keys to that

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