Comparison for Curriculum Ideologies

Comparison for Curriculum Ideologies

1. The Scholar Academic Ideology:

   • Although, the purpose of this ideology, in common with my first purpose about growing spiritual intelligence, is “to help children learn the accumulated knowledge of our culture”
     • Advantages
       • Scholar Academic Ideology’s view is that the authority of the truth belongs to a group of people and the students learn such ready-to-accept truth.
     • Disadvantages
       • No one has the authority to decide what the truth is, so scholars’ knowledge is just a reliable source of information. Hence, all resources are for reference only, leave it to every learner to discover the truth by themselves.

2. The Social Efficiency Ideology:

   • This ideology is completely different from my beliefs about the purposes of education. “Social Efficiency advocates believe that the purpose of schooling is to efficiently meet the needs of society by training youth to function as future mature contributing members of society”
     • Advantages
       • The Social Efficiency ideology places less emphasis on the individual needs of the child. It places more emphasis on the capability of the child to fill social needs of the society
     • Disadvantages
       • Central to Social Efficiency conceptions of scientific procedure is the assumption that change in human behavior (that is, learning) takes place within a fairly direct cause-effect, action-reaction, or stimulus-response context

3. The Social Reconstruction Ideology:

   • Social reconstructionists believe that education should not be used as a vehicle for merely fixing the flaws within our society, but should be used to transform the existing society into a new society that is just, moral, satisfying, and empowering for everyone.
     • Advantages
       • With the purpose of education is to facilitate the construction of a new and more just society that offers maximum satisfaction to all of its members, this ideology slightly resonates with my point of view about the role of social construction, which serves the happiness of every individual.
     • Disadvantages
       • Reconstructionists not only aim to educate a generation of problem solvers, but also try to identify and correct many noteworthy social problems that face our nation, with diverse targets including racism, pollution, homelessness, poverty, and violence