How Can Teacher Trainers Address Inequalities in the Curriculum and in Society? The Lessons (in Theory and in Practice) From Tthe South East Europe Case

Aida McLeod, Ian S. McLeod

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The curriculum should pay particular attention to ethnic, gender, and other forms of social difference and inequality. At the same time, it should stress the importance of studying, ideals and experiences of what it means to be a teacher. Courses should be designed to explore these issues in both historical and contemporary settings. Although the concentration needs to be on the content, a good curriculum needs to be designed to foster a community of learning among people and at the same time to offer considerable flexibility and intellectual diversity (J. Yalden, Long, Micheal H., Richards, Jack C. 2001). In this paper we will analyze key aspects of, and changes in, the curriculum, social and economic development in South Eastern Europe in the last twenty years. Major issues covered in this paper will be: the impact of communism on society; political and education reform; the problems of people with special needs; the changing role and status of minority groups and the  introduction of a service learning project in the curriculum.

 


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Service-learning; education, curriculum, creativity

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.4n.1p.226

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