Scope of science curriculum

    The scope is a term that is used to define the extent of a given task or subject that is involved. This can be viewed as the breadth, length, and range at which an activity occurs. This is an important aspect of any school curriculum as most of the teachers are expected to implement the scope aspect in their career. A science teacher is required to know the extent to which they need to reach in their teaching activity basing on the education level. Scope, therefore, implies an interest in the basic ideas of science and its core to teaching science at all educational level (Unwin 2012). Curriculums can be very devastating especially when the teacher is unable to define its breadth. Science curriculum, in this case, refers to all what a student is supposed to learn as well as be taught in science classes or lessons. Thus the scope of the science curriculum identifies the breadth to which the students should be exposed to, taught and learns about in a science lesson. It is through the understanding of this scope that the science instructors and the teachers are guided while carrying the activity of teaching and guiding. This enables the teacher to avoid being overwhelmed and thus he/she is able to remain focused in the planning of the science curriculum. This also enables the teachers to assess the students’ readiness for and the receptiveness to the science curriculum and thus both the teacher and the students are able to have a meaningful experience in their science learning. The scope is thus important as it provides a good structure for the learning activity through enhancing the teachers to present the knowledge in a logical way (Unwin 2012).

 

 

 

 

References

            Unwin, D. (2012). Teaching geographic information science and technology in higher education. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell.