The Current State Of Curriculum And Growing Diversity

Education Position Paper
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Introduction
Different researches have shown that the world is currently facing a learning crisis where by 250 million children are unable to read or count, even after spending four years in school. Therefore for education to impact lives positively, children should not only be in school, but also learning. Most of the educational programs are not having clearly defined purposes. In some instances one may be forced to ask a Science, English, Social Studies teacher, or some other subjects what objectives are being aimed at and receive no satisfactory reply (Maxwell, 2015).
This paper explores the current state of curriculum and also the growing diversity of the student population.
The Current State of Curriculum
For more than fifteen years, the Curriculum Studies Reader has been a field for defining anthology, and bringing together the best scholarship. For instance, early childhood curriculum is addressing the current approaches to infants, toddlers, and young children that ranges from the age of birth to around eight years. This early childhood curriculum has provided a wide-ranging introduction to the issues that are affecting young children in the learning institutions. This curriculum has proposed a cultural range of international contexts. This curriculum has provided a clear focus on domain areas of the curriculum. This curriculum has greatly discussed subjects concerning arts, health and wellbeing, language and literacy, science and math, and also communication technology. This curriculum has enabled the teachers to gain a relief of understanding and effectively plan, design and implementation of the curriculum strategy (Flinders & Thornton, 2017).
The Growing Diversity of the Student Population
According to the Statistics by the Bureau, it has been projected that by the year 2100, total number of minority living in the U.S will surpass the group that is perceived to currently be the majority. With these changes expected to take place, there is no doubt that teachers should begin to teach students how to interact in a diverse environment. For many years, teachers have been able to learn that students learn differently, and are able to learn more or less, and this depends on different instructional approaches. Students that are attending schools that have got people from different origin, cultures and race can create a considerate from different point of view those children from different origins and cultures, to be taught how to operate in a multicultural, and a multiethnic environment. However, as more and more public schools in the United States are becoming more diverse, there have been increased demand to find more effective ways to assist all students to succeed in their academics, and also to learn how to get along with each other regardless of their background. Most of the teachers in different schools across the United States are facing different challenges in providing instructions to every student and at the same time favoring one group of students over other students. A study that was conducted in the year 2007 by the Public Agenda alongside the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality discovered that seventy six percent of newly employed...