Well, another one down. Time sure flies when you're having fun! As a last post, I would just like to reflect on the class as a whole and say that I enjoyed working with everyone in the class and enjoyed the content of it as well. Thank you everyone for worthy contributions to the discussions.
As for a personal reflection, I'd have to say that I see more and more that there is no answer to the "right" curriculum. As I have said before, I thought coming through the master's level, I would be able to find a style, system, curriculum model that fits everything, but it's just not true. Thank you Prof. Hlynka for exposing us to a variety of models/styles, etc. It's also astonishing to me that time after time, generation after generation, people (professionals, government, all stakeholders) keep producing new models. That shows that people feel the need for change. Education obviously continues to change and therefore, curriculums must too. That kind of blows my mind that something so systematic has drastic enough changes to merit a new program or model to follow. That's where society comes in I guess. People are the driving force to curriculum change. Students' interest are a driving factor. Technology is a strong driving factor. Can you imagine going to school today as a student in one of those one room school houses, better yet, can you imagine teaching that? I realize there are schools today with teachers of multi-level, but that's not to what I am refering. Times change and therefore educational systems must too. Interesting none the less, or as Prof. Hlynka would say....fascinating!
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