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Culture and curriculum
development in Nigerian schools
E. D. Nakpodia
Department of Educational Administration and Policy Studies,
Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria. E-mail:
edwardnakpodia@yahoo.com.
Tel: 08033862036.
Accepted
21 December, 2009
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This
paper was concerned with cultural bases of curriculum. It
examined the influence of culture on curriculum development
in Nigerian Schools since education is regarded as the
transmission of culture in a process known as enculturation.
It is a process of initiating the growing and inexperienced
persons into the way of life in his society based on factors
of culture which bring about changes in school curriculum.
The school does not work in a vacuum, but has to operate in
co-operation with the home, church and all other agencies of
society that influence the development of the child. One of
the primary tasks of the teacher is to use the culture and
school curriculum in helping pupils to make satisfactory
adjustments as regards curriculum components and programs
designed. Hence this paper was concerned with the question
whether curriculum in the school is in any way based on
culture. Has curriculum any connection with culture of the
society? This task is impossible unless the school employee
understands well the phenomena of family, church, peer
groups, and community life. The paper therefore dealt with
the meaning and classification of culture;
the diagnosis of curriculum development; influence of culture on
children’s learning; the context of curriculum development;
and agencies in the educative process and curriculum
development.
Key
words:
Influence, culture, education, curriculum development,
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