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This 12 page paper provides an overview of the curricular trends in education and the shape that these trends will take in the next decade. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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content. In the past, educators have focused on the traditional model of discipline-based education, in which educators act as the presenter of the "basics," information regarding reading, mathematics and
science. The educational process, then, is defined and directed by the content that is being presented, rather than by learner motivation, task initiation or group processes. In recent
years, challenges to this traditional educational model and curricula that correspond with this model have occurred, and the trends for the next decade suggest a new, holistic, and child-centered educational
approach. During the past 15 years, the United States has experienced the greatest surge in immigration in history (Gersten, 1996). One
out of every seven children grows up speaking a language other than English and this fact has reshaped the nature of education and the focus of educators who have to
address an increasingly diversified population (Gersten, 1996). Many of these students are described as limited-English proficient (LEP) students, and many teachers current lack the skills and learning strategies to
address the needs of these students as well as their English speaking population (Heath, 1996). Cultural and racial diversification in the classroom are notable characteristics of the changing face
of the American education system (Heath, 1996). One of the interesting aspects of what I view as the changes that will take place
in the next decade is a return to some of the principles of curriculum design that were inherent in the restructuring efforts of the 1990s. In the 1990s, business
management principles, including total quality management (TQM) strategies devised by W. Edwards Deming, were applied to educational design and curriculum in order to best address success in the educational process.
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