Educational Leadership in PDF

Running Head: EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
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EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP1
How much power did the “trespassing” by instructional design into the curriculum theory
territory give teachers in selecting diverse contents in their classroom, if any?
According to Stephen Petrina, instructional design of curriculum was brought into
practice from the domain of media specialist, military and industrial trainers, and educational
psychologists. The traditional curriculum designers were initially became skeptical of the
enthusiasm in instructional design (Petrina, 2004). The main aim of all curriculum designers was
to determine ‘what should be learned?’ and ‘how should it be organized for teaching?’ through
introducing different media of contents in the classroom. On the other hand, instructional design
focus to determine the process of delivering piecemeal components from the curriculum for an
individual learner.
According to the history, the social and economic changes during the 1990s drive forces
for educational or curriculum reform. International dynamics of educational system were altered
by the downfall of USSR, the concluding situation of cold war, and rising concept of terrorism.
The politicians supported the concept of neoliberalism that forced to change the educational
system (Broom, 2016). The educational system was introduced with outcome-based curricula,
requirements of school accountability, utilizing the method of national and international testing,
and parental choice for schools as well as for the entire nation.
The curriculum reform had the essence of democracy that include the process of decision
making with different participants, the involvement of citizens in criticism of the curriculum, and
making the decision and implementation. Hence, the world become way too sensitive for the
curriculum theory and their dismissal of instructional design in the existing theory. The
instructional curriculum theorists provides ample reason to introduce new design for curriculum.
The requirement of instructional design includes the essence of sublimation for the desires. It