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The value of any Curriculum and of any proposal for change in educational practice is contrasted in the reality in which it is carried out, in how it materializes in real situations. The Curriculum in action is the ultimate expression of its value, since it is in practice where every project, every idea, every intention, becomes a reality in one way or another; for it acquires significance and value, regardless of the initial statements and purposes. If during the curriculum development process the opinions and suggestions of the majority of stakeholders are acknowledged and solicited, there is a greater possibility that the curriculum will be inclusive and practical, since it can thus meet the requirements or needs of the different student populations it is intended to serve.

The teachers consulted, consider for the most part that the realization of the Curriculum in Ecuador, did not follow a public process, in addition it is not recognizing the legitimate interests of the teachers; Indeed, this contrasts with what is required by a quality Curriculum, since in addition to the above, it is very important to take into account the opinions of teachers, since they are the ones who adapt and make use of it. An adequate socialization, during the development of a Curriculum, consists of how it is specified in real situations. For example, the 2010 curriculum proposal points out the particularities of the readjustment made. Its main characteristics are the organization by areas and educational levels and sublevels and a selection of basic content (competencies with performance criteria) appropriate to the requirements of society and the school environment, in addition to the flexibility and openness that grant greater autonomy to educational institutions and teachers in the planning and design of educational action, opening a space for co-responsibility in the development of the curriculum.

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As benefits, the quality of the education that it has stands out, the methods that it details are in charge of strengthening various weaknesses that we can find in students as much as speaking, reading, writing, listening. The curriculum allows students to expand their creativity by displaying content that captures their attention thus getting the most potential out of the students in question.

In the disadvantages there are certain obstacles such as the low level of English in the students, as well as the excess of extracurricular activity, we have certain inconsistencies between the curriculum and the reality that we share, all this affects the learning process of the student who is left with certain Learning gaps

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The Ecuadorian national curriculum offers several advantages and strengths that contribute to student learning and development. First, the curriculum is designed to be comprehensive and inclusive, ensuring that all students receive a well-rounded education, covering a wide range of subjects including math, science, etc. This allows students to explore their interests and talents.Second, the curriculum emphasizes the development of critical thinking and problem-solving skills so that they find innovative solutions, preparing them for real-life situations and equipping them with the skills necessary for higher education and future careers. The curriculum also incorporates hands-on, hands-on learning experiences, which enhance comprehension and retention.

Despite its strengths, there are some drawbacks or challenges associated with the Ecuadorian national curriculum. One challenge is the overloaded curriculum, which can result in limited time for in-depth exploration of topics. This can hinder students' ability to fully understand key concepts and engage in meaningful discussions. For example, teachers may feel pressured to rush through lessons to meet curriculum requirements, compromising the quality of education. Additionally, the curriculum may not fully address the specific needs and interests of individual students. May not provide enough opportunities for personalized learning or adapted instruction, especially for students with diverse learning styles or abilities. This can hinder your overall engagement and learning outcomes. In addition, the curriculum may not always reflect current social and technological advances, which could leave students ill-prepared for rapidly changing labor markets and societal needs.

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The benefits that can be found in the Ecuadorian national curriculum are that they inquired into teachers' beliefs about instructional design, assessment, didactic materials and learning activities. In addition, the most common aspects of the teachers were planning, evaluation, and activities and materials applied in the classroom.

The disadvantages of the Ecuadorian national curriculum are that there were several obstacles such as:
- The lack of teacher training and technological resources.
- The low level of English of the students as well as the lack of motivation.
- The excess of extracurricular activities and the inconsistency of the textbooks.

Some drawbacks is that according to the participants' interviews they indicated that teaching English in Ecuador was not an easy job, plus they would have to have substantial experience teaching English as a foreign language in Ecuadorian public schools.

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The advantages offered by the curriculum begin by seeking to have a good quality education, promoting self-esteem and academic motivation, creating a harmonious environment among all members of each educational institution, required gender equality and respect being all this evaluated by the same ministry of education in each of the levels of educational offerings ranging from early childhood education to higher education.

Disadvantages
It focuses more on the memorization of information and not on comprehension, also the evaluation methods cause stress among students and does not allow the development of skills and abilities, but rather encourages comparison and competition among students, which often causes a negative effect on self-esteem because over time they tend to forget the knowledge already acquired.

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One of the benefits of the Ecuadorian national curriculum is that it implements appropriate learning methods to be applied in the classroom. Each of these methods strengthens some skill (writing, speaking, listening and reading). For example, the EFL curriculum considers CLIL as a means to access and learn English in an authentic and meaningful context. Therefore, the focus will be on language and its use, rather than content knowledge.
Another strength of the Ecuadorian national curriculum is that it places importance on reading in educating people to make use of the variety of resources and sources of information that surround us daily, such as printed sources and interpersonal written communication.
According to a study conducted by Unae University, the Ecuadorian national curriculum has some disadvantages that affect the quality of study such as lack of academic training and the influence of the national public education system essentially those related to the mandatory textbook for ELT in Ecuador. Lack of technology such as projectors, screens, internet access and blackboards. The excessive number of students in a classroom. Use of L1 in classes.

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One of its main benefits is that it focuses on promoting the acquisition of academic knowledge and practical skills that a student has, bringing out the greatest potential of students.

Exposing students to diverse perspectives and experiences can be very enriching.

This problem is particularly prevalent in remote and disadvantaged areas, where students may not have access to the same educational opportunities as their peers in urban areas.

Additionally, the curriculum can be quite rigid and standardized, leaving limited room for flexibility and customization based on individual student needs and interests. This can limit the potential for innovation and personal growth among students.

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The current curriculum has many advantages and benefits. The thread of Language through the arts included in the curriculum is relevant because it allows students to show their creativity. The current curriculum includes engaging and contextualized content. The curriculum tried to improve the quality of teaching and learning EFL and teachers were positive about it.

At the same time, the curriculum have some disadvantages. One of those disadvantages is the infrastructure. For example, there is a large number of students and the classrooms are small. In addition, classrooms don't have a good internet connection or projectors with a big screen. Another disadvantage is the use of L1. For example, when explaining grammar, teachers needed to use mother tongue so that students could understand grammar better.

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Ecuadorian national currriculum has many benefits in terms of the English language, as it is an important tool for advancing in the global world. One of the strengths of the curriculum is that the methodologies and strategies are of integral quality. For example: communicative language teaching (CLT) and the use of technology for educational purposes, which support and help in the learning of EFL. We also find greater access to technology, flexible schedules and teaching at any time, whether to improve oral expression, writing, among others.

On the other hand, the disadvantages lead to the fact that this curriculum is not achieved in the best way. First, several researches have been done and it was found that most teachers are not prepared to teach students with special needs. Problems are also encountered with the students as it takes time and effort to adapt to a new curriculum which can be difficult for them.

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An advantage can be the that teachers considered Language through the Arts, as a part of the CLIL, as the most outstanding and interesting aspect applied in the classroom. The teachers also claimed that teaching English in Ecuador was challenging but, they tried to integrate authentic activities and engaging materials to foster their students' English skills and motivation to learn English.

On the other hand, there were 5 main challenges that affects both students and teachers and are the followings: pedagogy related factors like that CLT is the most methodology used but it's nos used correctly, use of Spanish can be motivated or demotivate students to succeed in learning the L2 depending on how it is used, and the individual student’s needs, perceptions and status of ELT where the notions of foreign language learning could have a huge impact on being able to process and improve in EFL, infrastructure is another disadvantage because of the resources are not the correct students cannot learn properly and finally educational policies where the teachers are expected to follow some rules that may not fit to the students needs.

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The Ecuadorian national curriculum has several advantages and strengths that contribute to student learning and development. One of the benefits is that it provides a standardized framework for educators to follow, ensuring that all students receive a high-quality education regardless of their geographical location. This allows for a more equitable education system where students from disadvantaged backgrounds can thrive. For instance, the curriculum includes bilingual education for indigenous children, which acknowledges and respects the cultural diversity of the country.
Another strength of the national curriculum is its focus on student-centered learning. It encourages teachers to use interactive and engaging teaching strategies that encourage critical thinking and problem-solving skills. For instance, the curriculum emphasizes group projects, field trips, and practical hands-on learning experiences that are relevant to students' everyday lives. Additionally, the curriculum promotes the development of skills such as communication, collaboration, and creativity, which are essential in the twenty-first-century workforce.

However, the Ecuadorian national curriculum also faces several challenges and drawbacks. One of the challenges is the lack of resources and funding for schools, which hinders the implementation of the curriculum. For instance, some schools lack proper facilities, materials, and qualified teachers, which affects the quality of education students receive. Additionally, the curriculum has been criticized for being overly theoretical and not incorporating enough vocational and technical training, which are essential for students interested in pursuing technical careers. Therefore, while the Ecuadorian national curriculum has significant strengths, it requires concerted efforts to address the identified challenges to ensure it achieves its intended goals.

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✅✅✅As we know, the curriculum has objectives and skills that contribute to the knowledge of our students, one of its greatest qualities is to be able to train students in a real environment that contributes to not only obtaining knowledge, it helps to be people capable of applying what I learned from activities, challenges and group work, another advantage is that it is about fitting the student into the new society with the complements that the curriculum has such as TIC'S, all this makes the national curriculum a set of skills applied to learning to be able to develop more capable and suitable professionals for new needs not only in the area of learning but also in real life.                                                             ❌❌❌❌The disadvantages are evident, Ecuador unfortunately is not betting everything on education because this area should be the most protected and with the greatest investment in the country due to this delay not only in infrastructure and materials, but also in teacher training the national curriculum is not real or applied to our reality, I do not think that the curriculum should be adapted to reality because it would be chaotic, but to improve to be More trained teachers who can guide students to a better education, to a better life, not only "normal" students have little scope to fully develop the national curriculum also students with different abilities not only the classrooms and general facilities are not suitable for them, also the study environment and the way of teaching them; the materials, the classrooms are not able to reach the objectives in the curriculum for example We cannot apply a curriculum where not even teachers are able to apply it to be able to advance as a country and society

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Ecuadorian Curriculum - By Dennisse Palma

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Ecuadorian Curriculum - By Dennisse Palma

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For the educational community, working with a curriculum for teaching has some advantages. Starting with how this guide allows the teachers to streamline the teaching process for the students, as well as helping to create and maintain an order of the topics to be taught according to the proposed levels. Another advantage is that these designed models are usually diverse according to the required needs of the area.

On the other hand, the Ecuadorian curriculum has some disadvantages that hinder the development of English language teaching. Among these we have that although a curriculum is designed to meet the learning needs, there are inconsistencies between the curriculum and reality, since the designed curriculum is usually not 100% balanced with the level of language learning of each year, which leads to another problem such as the differences between the levels of English of the students. This then creates an imbalance in the learning trajectory of students, with some teachers trying to get other students to catch up and others simply moving on and leaving students with learning gaps. Added to this is the lack of teacher training and professional development, since, as mentioned above, by relying on the curriculum the proposed topics that should be explained in their entirety are often only superficially mentioned. Finally, all this leads us to a key disadvantage, the lack of motivation of the students, which is very clear in any educational institution that tries to teach English, since the students, noticing all these irregularities, do not put any effort or demand a better quality of teaching.

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Benefits

The national curriculum, as a document, is well organized and incorporates current teaching approaches and methods to teach EFL. the Ecuadorian national curriculum proposed current and innovative teaching methods and approaches, from all of the principles established in the Ecuadorian national curriculum, the teachers considered Language through the Arts as the most outstanding and interesting aspect applied in the classroom that contributes to student learning and development, llso all the teachers believed that the new coursebook provided by the Ecuadorian Ministry of Education included engaging and contextualized content.

Drawbacks

Based in the opinion of three participantes that are high School teachers in public schools in Ecuador, the national curriculum it is not developed based on our teaching reality, is not applied in public schools due to different circumstances, such as a lack of teacher training and students motivation to learn the English language. Also the National Curriculum does not cover important factors such as teaching students with special needs, there is a lack of connection between the Ecuadorian national curriculum requirements and their teaching in secondary school contexts.

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The Ecuadorian curriculum has its advantages and strengths such as the establishment of pedagogical methodologies, epistemological foundations or a system code for the design of curricular planning, which helps, supports and guides teachers to carry out more effective teaching and more planned activities. Likewise, the Ecuadorian curriculum proposes principles and methodologies that help students to develop their skills, for example, the learner-centered approach that focuses on the student being the center of learning and the one who develops the activities or other the communicative approach that helps the student in the communicative area such as oral skills, improving their fluency and articulation of words, it also foresees that cognitive and thinking development is very important.It is well organized.


The Ecuadorian curriculum also has its disadvantages and inconveniences since it cannot be carried out in the corresponding way due to various factors such as limited resources and pedagogical and social factors or lack of teaching training that prevents the correct development of the curriculum in the classroom. of class, in addition to the lack of technological resources, the low level of English of the students that causes their little understanding and retention of the content.The inconsistency of the books is another impediment, many of the books have incomprehensible content and little refers to the social and daily environment of the students.

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The Benefits found in the curriculum is that help to the students to get a High level of knowledge of English, and also works some skills very essential in the process learning of the new language, the environment that the curriculum requieres to give the class is very important also because with all those factores will be influenced the students to learn and he will not be afectes by any kind lf distractions.
The disadvantages found in this curriculum are the lack of techonological Materials in some Institute and affect so much in the students that factor, maybe the class could be come boring for them and they get feel dismotivated.

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There are some advantages in the curriculum .The curriculum specifies the learning outcomes, standards, and competencies students must demonstrate before proceeding to the next level.An evidence-based curriculum provides students with the necessary skills and knowledge, functioning as a road map directing instructors and students to academic success.

There are some disadvantages that affect the teaching of the English language. First of all, the lack of infrastructure and resources in the public school. It is the biggest problem that public institutions currently have and this does not allow students to increase their knowledge and have successful developments in the classroom. Second, Education polities ,metodology and pedagogy are the same. The education is changed and the teacher follow  the same set of foreign standards ,methodology and, strategy that have no connection to what is occurring in the classroom. Finally, the pedagogy is a challenge. Teacher without training are not able to teach is the best way because they need to know the new strategies, planning their clase in case that have students with special needs ,the use and implementation of lesson plans and the way classes are organized and managed.

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Please write two paragraphs discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the Ecuadorian national curriculum in practice. In the first paragraph, focus on highlighting the benefits and strengths of the curriculum, explaining how it contributes to student learning and development. In the second paragraph, discuss the drawbacks or challenges you may have encountered in the previous readings. Remember to provide specific examples and support your ideas with evidence. Enjoy the activity.

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Please write two paragraphs discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the Ecuadorian national curriculum in practice. In the first paragraph, focus on highlighting the benefits and strengths of the curriculum, explaining how it contributes to student learning and development. In the second paragraph, discuss the drawbacks or challenges you may have encountered in the previous readings. Remember to provide specific examples and support your ideas with evidence. Enjoy the activity.

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The advantages that we can find are: the development of the curriculum helps us to make the educational process effective, comprehensive and objective, reinforces teaching and educational practice in the classroom, helps to develop effective methods for students to develop their level of English.

The disadvantages that we can find are: not taking into account the skills or the level in which the students are, in the era we are in it is necessary to implement or use technology but in most public schools this is not possible, not being clear with the objective, not usually adapting to the particular characteristics and different contexts.

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Ecuador has good coverage of primary education, but its quality is poor and transition to secondary education is low.
Here are some advantages and disadvantages about Ecuadorian national curriculum.

Advantages can be: participants learn faster and develop essential skills for practice, assessments leand to improved understanding, more comprehensive and builds better understanding and available opportunity to conduct research.

The disadvantage be: too much theory relative to practice, participants are not given close supervision, too diverse and generic information which is not used and often has time limitations therefore not all materials is covere.

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Benefits of the Ecuadorian Curriculum. One of the benefits that we can find in the student curriculum is the use of technology to improve student learning in an effective way, including the Communicative Language Teaching approach and CLIL.
with all this tried to improve the quality of English teaching and learning in Ecuadorian secondary schools.

Disadvantages of the Ecuadorian curriculum for its application. That the excessive mandatory and desirable objectives to accomplish at each school year and the confusing coding system to develop the micro-curriculum planning were the main issues they found when planning their teaching-learning process. We have a teacher named Karla who claimed that when planning a lesson, it was a waste of time to match the general objectives' codes, the mandatory and desirable goals for each curricular thread, the performance indicators, and the evaluation criteria. For her, this was a complex process which aimed to fulfill bureaucratic rather than educational purposes. Another disadvantage is that not in all educational institutions we can find functional computers and Internet service for students to use these resources during their classes, so what the student curriculum dictates cannot be put into practice in many Cases, thanks.

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Franklin Mora.                                                                1st paragraph is about benefits and strengths of the curriculum and the 2nd paragraph is about drawbacks and challenges I might have found in the previous readings.                                                     

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Franklin Mora.                                                                1st paragraph is about benefits and strengths of the curriculum and the 2nd paragraph is about drawbacks and challenges I might have found in the previous readings.                                                     

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Benefits and strengths.
One major benefit that I came across in the 1st reading is that the examination of teachers" beliefs is important in the context of curriculum reform and influence of teachers' beliefs on the success of the reform of the curriculum, also the methods suggested in the curriculum are well intended.

Drawbacks and challenges.
However, there are benefits and strengths in the curriculum, there are drawbacks and challenges, one drawback that is that teachers find it hard to put what is in the curriculum into real practice in the classroom, this may be for various reasons, one reason might be lack of training and another reason lack of resources, another drawback is that, although, English is a mandatory subject in Ecuador, the reality is that Ecuador ranks as one of the worst countries in Latin America when in comes to English knowledge, finally, one huge challenge is to give teachers the necessary training so they can be up to date and another challenge is to implement what is written in the curriculum about the desired level of English that students are supposed to have and achieve that.