The philosophy of new curriculum of the gymnasium and its meaning

Abstract

The new curriculum of gymnasium is in the third year of its implementation.Although a curriculum of study and a further expansion of the concept have led toproblems arising from an incomplete knowledge and a clear conception of the philosophyby which this curriculum is guided.Given that this curriculum includes not only programs changes or texts, butmentalities, concepts and philosophy of education, there is a need and interest of teachers,directors, designers of programs and textbooks and to students and their families torecognize this change and understand the philosophy of the new curriculum.This study conducted in gymnasiums of Korca, brought to light some problemsassociated with implementation of new curriculum of high schools from the viewpointof philosophy of education.The results clearly differentiate categories of teachers participating in the study.The greatest differences were observed between the category of teachers with experienceof 0-10 years and the category with over 10 years working in education. This result isstatistically psupported by the Chi - square test is significant to undertake a curriculumreview of the initial formation of new teachers.