Teacher’s Voice in Syllabus Design and Curriculum Development

Abstract

The target of this paper is to put light, on the involvement of a teacher, and to emphasize the need and importance of a teacher to participate in syllabus design process. On reviewing the previous researches done on this topic, I have come to the conclusion that the role of teachers in the making of syllabus design is overshadowed and decentralized. Our system of education infact every educational system depends upon an appropriate and healthy syllabus design as it is considered a pathway to transmit knowledge to the future generations.  Not only this, but syllabus design also mirrors the needs of the students and the nation’s goals.

This paper tries to show that the syllabus design can be made up to the mark if the role of teachers is active rather than passive. In Pakistan, syllabus or curriculum is usually designed by the higher authorities, educational boards, expertise and many more but it leaves very little or no room for the teachers to take part in it and thus teachers are confined to the four walls of the classroom. The results driven from semi-structured interviews from primary, secondary and intermediate teachers showed their lack of involvement and assistant in syllabus designing.