PGCE Secondary Education

Running head: PGCE SECONDARY EDUCATION
PGCE SECONDARY EDUCATION
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PGCE SECONDARY EDUCATION
There is a shift form of concern with the contents or knowledge that are taught in the
schools to a preoccupation with the learning outcomes, high-stakes testing and competencies.
According to Glatthorn et al. (2018), the knowledge questions are highly ignored in the
curriculum development process in the present context of the academic standards,
accountability and outcomes. This paper shall elaborate on presenting the view of Michael
Young, the other by Haydon and Heilbronn on how the main aims of the secondary
curriculum can be met through the teaching and learning in a particular subject.
Curriculum has always played a major role in the process of determining the actual
things and activities that goes on in a particular school (Apple 2017). It is a significant way
through which one tries to realise the aims of education. According to Driver (1989), the
main aims of curriculum should be enabling the young people to become successful learners
who enjoy learning, make significant development and progress and achieve. With the same,
it also aims towards enabling the young people to become confident individuals who are able
to live healthy, safely and fulfilling their lives and become responsible citizens of their
country and make positive contribution to their society. As per Michael Young, the field of
curriculum theory is at present in a state of crisis as of the neglecting of the knowledge by the
theorists of Anglophone during the post-war period.
According to the authors, curriculum of secondary level must support the aims of a
course in providing the children or students with a sound knowledge and grounding in the
basics of the subject, example, English. It must also support all the learning outcomes of the
entire course of the very subject for the students in order to achieve an in depth skills and
knowledge of a particular topic whenever appropriate. All the students must know what
exactly they require for achieving success in life and at the same time, both the students and
teachers both must possess higher expectations and must strive for excellence. It is to note
that teaching and learning occurs in a purposeful and safe environment. Students should also