Need For Improvement In The Literature Curriculum Design And Its Implementation – The Case Of Albanian High Schools

Proceedings of ‏The 3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Education

Year: 2021

DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.33422/3rd.educationconf.2021.03.216

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Need For Improvement In The Literature Curriculum Design And Its Implementation – The Case Of Albanian High Schools

Valbona Kalo, Shqipe Haxhihyseni

ABSTRACT: 

The design of the literature curriculum in the Albanian pre-university education level presents complex problems. Such issues are reflected in the results of literature State Matura exams. The purpose of this study is to analyze the design of literature curriculum and its implementation and evaluation. The focus is in identifying these issues and in proposing a suitable solution geared towards eliminating them. This study tries to give an answer to the question: What are some of the design, implementation, and evaluation issues that are present in the Albanian preuniversity literature curriculum? To achieve the purpose of this study, curriculum documents, such as school programs, teaching plans, textbooks, items from the literature State Matura exams, and official students results data in these exams were analysed. The findings of this study clearly show that, despite the efforts of the working groups, there are certain gaps in the design, implementation, and evaluation process of the literature curriculum. Based on these findings, recommendations will be given on improving of the content and the process of literature curriculum development, which takes into consideration the Albanian tradition and history, but is also intuned with the most updated trends in curriculum design and implementation.

Keywords: curriculum, maturity exams, textbooks, learning experience, curriculum development.