17.1 TO what extent do you agree or disagree

 

The best curriculum is not one based on a static body of knowledge, but one which teaches students to cope with change.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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A group of people believe that the best syllabus does not depend on constant information rather it teaches learners to apapt according to the change. I fully agree with the aforementioned statement because modern world has dynamic issues, and static curriculum makes cheating more likely compared to its moving counterpart.

Those who support the basis of curriculum to be educating students about keeping up with the alterations consider dynamic issues of the current world to be the most important reason for their support. We are living in a world where things are moving at a rate which humanity has never seen before. This rapid change has introduced many new problems which has never been seen by our ancestors, hence, if the students are taught based on a static body of knowledge then there is a high probability that they would not be able to tackle these modern issues. For example, Covid-19 is a virus that has been discovered in recent years, and the old books for medical students  did not have the information of this virus so the publishers of these books must revise their content so that future medical students do not miss out on this.

On the other side, the probability of scholars cheating in an exam increases if the curriculum is kept constant for a long period of time. The usage of unfair means to cheat in an examaination by the students is an alarming issue for the teachers. Preparing cheat-notes based upon the previous years question papers is believed one of the common practices for these cheaters, and by changing the curriculum on a regular basis, teachers can try to mitigate this issue. For instance, a recent study performed by one of the prestigious universities of North America found that the percentage of students founds cheating from notes from the previous years questions papers increased drastically when the syllabus of a course was changed every year.

In conclusion, I fully agree with the view of making curriculum to teach students to cope with the change because current world has dynamic problems, and curriculum based on a static body of knowledge makes it easier for learners to cheat.

 

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 apapt = adapt

examaination = examination