Tuesday, October 7, 2014

In developing history curriculum in South Sudan, the approach is, History curriculum developers should first of all look properly in to the community of South Sudan. Ask questions like, What is happening?, What was the previous history of South Sudan?, What are the problems in the country?, and How can the problems be solved through Education, most especially using History as a subject at school to solve these problems. This is because History as a subject, is to teach the origin of the indigenous of South Sudan and the social way of living. According to me, the following should be included in developing South Sudan History subject curriculum. History curriculum  should be critically selected by History specialist in curriculum development, the subject should create peace, talk about the origin of the South Sudanese people and culture to preserve the diverse cultures of South Sudan and respect for each culture in it's unique way. The subject should focus on creation of good leadership skills, for example a good leader should be competent, confident and knowledgable, by teaching history of great leaders in South Sudan and the world at large. History curriculum should create peace by using good language which would create unity. For example "we the South Sudanese than identifying according to particular ethnic group. History teachers must have knowledge on community psychology and Educational psychology. Finally teaching methods like, discussion, brainstorming, guided discovery  and story telling should be used, since they are learner centered  teaching methods which would help learners to develop critical way of thinking.

2 comments:

  1. Irene, taking all this questions into consideration might be a preparation for what we are planning for our future because the more we know about the future and the present, the better we are peppering for our future!

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  2. Very well thought out and said. I like that your plan discusses how intentional the curriculum should be. Having an specific goal is a great way to begin building a history curriculum!

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