Examining Models Of Curriculum Development And Processes: Implications For African Educational Heritage And Review

Abstract

Curriculum remains the tool for regulating educational efforts all over the world. In a world that is becoming increasingly globally oriented, it is important to continually remind african educators that much as education should enable beneficiaries to fit into their society, which in a general sense may refer to this global world, that it is also important to note that the milieu in which education is taking place, is a Paramount consideration in the fitting processes. No system should be swallowed hook line and sinker. The need to critically examine accepted models will not only enhance but also encourage the  development of that curriculum that would be most suitable for the african educational heritage. This paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of some curriculum models that have been in existence and calls on african curriculum developers and thinkers to begin to generate documented and systematic models of african origin