PRINSIP-PRINSIP PENGEMBANGAN KURIKULUM

Abstract

ABSTRACT
The curriculum is the core of the education process in schools. The implementation of
the curriculum directly influences the educational outcomes. The curriculum really
determines the process and results of an education system. The curriculum is a
description of the material presented in learning, is also a very important component in
an education system, the curriculum is a tool to achieve educational goals and at the
same time as a guide in the implementation of teaching at all types and levels of
education. Curriculum development is a process that plans, produces a better tool based
on the results of an assessment of the curriculum that has been in effect, so that it can
provide good teaching and learning conditions. In other words curriculum development
is an activity to produce a new curriculum through the steps of curriculum preparation
based on the results of the assessment conducted over a certain period of time.
Curriculum principles can also be regarded as rules that animate curriculum
development. This principle has the aim that the curriculum is designed or produced in
accordance with the demands of all parties, namely students, parents, community and
nation. In general, curriculum experts view curriculum development activities as a
continuous process, a cycle that involves several curricula, namely components,
objectives, materials, activities and evaluations. This paper uses the method of
theoretical study of the principles of curriculum development. The theories put forward
in this paper are understanding the curriculum and its developers, plus theories about
the sources and principles of curriculum development, learning and evaluation of
curriculum development.
Keywords: curriculum concept, curriculum development, curriculum principles