COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT TOWARD EDUCATIONAL QUALITY MECHANISMS

Abstract

This academic article aims to analyze the models, obstacles, and critical success factors of community participation in local curriculum development and present educational innovations to drive 21st-century educational quality. Utilizing documentary research coupled with a synthesis of area-based literature and empirical studies through content analysis, the findings reveal that: 1. Key obstacles in current local curricula stem from rigid centralized structures and bureaucracy-centered development processes, rendering them "dormant" and detached from community realities. 2. To address this, the article introduces a practical, integrated participatory framework through the 10-step "PARTICIPATION" model and the concept of "Integrated Area-based Educational Innovation." This approach redefines the curriculum from a mere academic document into a vital mechanism for constructing local identity and leveraging cultural capital, while effectively shifting the community’s role to active "co-managers" of education. 3. Critical success factors and policy mechanisms include elevating community involvement to a true "partnership" level, transforming area-based budgeting policies, and establishing "Local Wisdom Councils" as structural frameworks to sustain educational quality from the grassroots to the global level.