appropriate curricullum for teaching 21st century lawyers,unizik law journal,vol7 no1, 2010 (original) (raw)

Efforts to improve education begin with the process of integrating students into the curriculum. Many educators and advisory groups emphasize high standards as an important factor in improving the quality of education for all students. As a result, schools and stakeholders in education are exploring ways to develop a high-quality curriculum that is based on standards and which can improve achievement by clearly defining what is to be taught and what kind of performance is expected. A good starting point for this achievement is the modeling of a carefully designed curriculum frame work that reflects the standards and goals for which the operators are willing to be held accountable 1 . When curriculum development becomes the educational community's (stake-holders, comprising of the teachers, parents and the immediate authority in charge of the particular education, e.g. the NUC) interest, it becomes obligatory that teachers understand the teaching and learning research, the content and the knowledge needed to meet the prescribed content standard, and the student performance levels which will confirm that students have learned what they are supposed to have learnt 2 .

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