• ECS 203

    Curriculum Development

    Levin’s article exhibits that the construction of the curriculum is largely influenced by politics. “Policies govern just about every aspect of education – what schooling is provided, how, to whom, in what form, by whom, with what resources, and so on” (Levin, 2008). There are many different people who are involved in the creation of a new curriculum or the revision of an old curriculum. Before reading Levin’s article, I was unaware of how big of an impact politics played in the creation of a curriculum, and within education as a whole. Although I had never noticed the major political influence placed on different areas of academia, it makes sense…