Current Issues in Curriculum

Implementation

 Literacy  Equity
 Technological  Special needs
innovation  Multilangualism
 Access
 Unity
1. Literacy
 Literacy – ability to read and write
 Visual literacy – ability to understand
visual forms of communication (ex:
body language, pictures, maps and
videos)
 Primary sense of literacy - lifelong,
intellectual process of gaining
meaning from a critical interpretation
of the written or printed text
 Key to all literacy – reading development
 Reading development – a progression of skills
that begins with the ability to understand the
spoken words and decode written words, to
reach the deep understanding of the text
 Elements in reading development:
 Morphology (patterns of word formation)
 Phonology (speech sounds)
 Orthography (spelling patterns)
 Semantics (word meaning)
 Syntax (grammar)
 Once the skills are acquired, the reader
can do critical analysis, inference and
synthesis, to write with accuracy and
coherence, and to use information and
insights from text as the basis for
informed decisions and creative
thought.
2. Technological Innovation

 Technological innovation system – a

dynamic network of agents
interacting in a specific
economic/industrial area under a
particular institutional infrastructure
and involved in the generation,
diffusion, and utilization of
technology
 Types of Technology used in
the Classroom
1. Use of computers in the classroom
 Teachers use computers to illustrate
visuals
2. Creating class websites and blogs
 Teachers create class blogs where the
assignments are posted
3. Use of digital microphones in the
classroom
 To be used in big classroom
4. Use of mobile devices
 The usage of smartphone for academic
purposes – accessible from anywhere
5. Use of smart Interactive Whiteboards
 Help teachers to illustrate points
6. Use of online media
 The usage of online streaming. Ex:
Youtube
7. Use of online study tools
 Online study tools
3. Access

 Access to education – the ability of

people to have equal opportunity in
education regardless their social class,
gender, ethnicity background or
physical and mental disabilities.
Equitable access

 Universal access to quality education

is a basic human right.
 UNICEF is committed to provide the
free, quality education for every child
across the globe regardless their
gender or socio-economic
background.
 UNICEF supports the Education for All
(EFA) and the Millennium
Development Gals 2 and 3 to ensure
that all children have access to and
complete a full course of primary
schooling, and to eliminate gender
disparity in education.
 But the current financial crisis caused
the aid to education to decrease.
4. Unity

1. Building unity through education

 All ethnicities are fairly represented in
the teaching materials used in
schools,
 School-based programmes organised
explicitly focused on building unity
2. Diversity of schools in Malaysian
education
 Public primary schools
 3 main types of schools: SK, SJK (C) and
SJK (T)
 Each type of school is defined by the
different medium of instruction
 Public secondary schools
 The convergence of most pupils from
different types of primary schools into a
single school format.
 The medium of instruction is national
language
 Upon completion of Form 3, students can
choose alternate pathways; vocational,
sports, arts
 Privates schools
Operate at both primary and secondary level