EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The teacher’s individual characteristics affect the way the curriculum is presented to the students. Some other factors that influence curriculum design are application of technology, student’s cultural background and socioeconomic status, social forces, and also classroom management.

Detailed explanation-2: -When we develop a curriculum, we depend primarily on ideas that stem from three major fields: philosophy, sociology (with historical overtones) and psychology. An understanding of these fields is crucial to the study of curriculum since they have traditionally been and still are considered its foundations.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are three major foundations of curriculum and their importance in education i.e Philosophical Foundations, Psychological Foundations and Socio-Cultural Foundations are as follows.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are four broad schools of thought that reflect the key philosophies of education that we know today. These schools of thought are: Idealism, Realism, Pragmatism, and Existentialism.