An Investgation Into The Pract'ces And Processes of Curriculum Planning And Development For General Education In Ethiopia Since 1974
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1990-06
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Addis Ababauniversity
Abstract
-(ht:: purpose of schooli g is to >ducate I(:~rn ..! rs in SlK.h u "'lay
IliJt they will c C'b lt! to cor:tributc to the wclf~ re " nu strength of
scci ·!ty, und to r ': eo llze a f II d< v lopment of thir p.)tcnti;:·1 as human
ein~s. In order to do t his , curricula are pl "'nr.~ d r'nd Q(;v -Ioped,
t (:achers uro trilincd, t <::,·t books and oth-.!r ,l.::'terials rc <"IS0
produced.
T ~· attClir its nd-result ~, n cducationol progrum must be planned
Qnd d velopcd s / sterr.~, tiCr"~ lI y using () curriculum d v .:; loprr..; 1t model
of ne kind. This fact Is one. that h"s jscapcd mt~ r.y ~cr50ns'
t.lth.:ntion in s 'vcr;")1 p l n c ~s. f. curriculum dl:velopment m"d;':;! is
said t (' be in 13ctu~1 us wh..;r. professionals charg c! with thr.- task
shGre <1 sense of comme, rl iity .::xcmplifkd by a strong nl:twork of
its concf.:ptual and m f.th(jdclogic ~ 1 commitments that gcv rns their
wc.rk. Such a conc ptual schc '!11 ... serves t sy ltheslzc ;) \1 und(;rtakk,
gs i:lnd to rGvca l prubk.m sciutions thClt ilrise in I.: rning.
he me jor objl..ctiv'· A this study is to make on Invcstigatio"1
into '~he Pr ?ctict;s and Pr ;c~ss,-s r f Curriculum Ploilnl 9 and
D v<...lopmcnt for GI:mer ;J1 :::.ducati n in Ethiopia since 197~1 ~Ii h a
focus (m thu und rlying m(jd~l. n s J doing, uttcmpts (I r ~ mndc
to 9ath~r informCltion from pr tQ s~ionals \'/orki. 9 in th'4 Institute -
for Curriculum Dev Icpme: 'It ( 11d ~~ cs~arch and officials charged with
Cduc:l tlGn policy d cisivn-m;:>kiIl9 at the lev; 1 of the. iV.ir istry. This
inf_ rm13tion is obtain,-d thrnug quo sti(..nnairl;;s unci Int;rv ·~ws from
the twr. grcups fTI ntion ~d .
!~ esults hardly sU9S st th(7;t there exists:) ::!gr ·,:-,d- 'pc n
curriculum dev ' lopment fr;C'del which con direct the ;:>I ~r.n ing clnd
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of Curriculum Planning And Development