Assignment:
Discuss in what ways and to what extent curriculum should be designed to meet the needs of society. In what ways should it meet the needs of individual students? Describe current curriculum debates occurring in your primary subject area and how this will affect your instruction. Explain whether curriculum should be a state or a federal matter. Justify your response. Identify the forces you predict will have the largest influences on curriculum in the next twenty years. Provide at least three ways that teachers can prepare for these changes.