Review several of your classmates’ posts and respond with a minimum 150-words to at least two.  Provide recommendations to extend their thinking.  Challenge your classmates by asking a question that may cause them to reevaluate or add components to their understanding of curriculum.

The axioms of curriculum are characteristics of curriculum that give educators and administrators a better understanding of how to create and implement a proper curriculum program. One of the axioms, or characteristics of curriculum, Axiom 3 states that “curriculum changes made at an earlier period can exist concurrently with newer curriculum changes at a later period” (Hall, Quinn, & Gollnick, 2014, 11.5). This axiom means that curriculum is always changing and evolving. What is accepted as practice now may be deemed obsolete in the near future, and then brought back as best practice in years to follow (2014, 11.5). This idea can be beneficial to learning as it paves the way for the newest and most current curriculum possible, thus the best education possible for our students. Even so, and ever changing curriculum can prove detrimental to students if teachers are unable to stay current with the changing trends. For educators, a constant change in the widely accepted curriculum can become frustrating and challenging. Teachers may feel that as soon as they master one curriculum, there are new changes given that are felt to be the latest and greatest. Then, just as they make these changes and adjust to the new curriculum, there are more changes, which could include returning to some original ideas. Although educators understand the need for all of these constant changes, it is easy to see how frustrating this constant back and forth could become.

References

Hall, G. E., Quinn, L. F., & Gollnick, D. M. (2014). Introduction to Teaching: Making a Difference in Student Learning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.