Course-5 Understanding Disciplines and School Subjects pmd

Aims of Schooling –Based on Curriculum Ideologies
Over the last century schooling has been asked to serve four different aims that are
reflected in four curricular ideologies. They are;
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Academic Rationalism: Primary function of schooling is intellectual
development through initiating students into specific bodies of knowledge,
techniques, and ways of knowing embedded in academic disciplines.
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Humanism: The central goal of schooling in terms of fostering students’
potential, personal freedom, self-actualization, and all-round development.
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