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Curriculum/Syllabus Planning
ObjectivesAt the end of this workshop session, the participants will be able to1.Define curriculum2.Differentiate among curriculum, syllabus and course3.Understand curriculum development4.Describe elements of curriculum5.State different types of curriculum6.Comprehend curriculum Development process7.Describe importance of curriculum planning
Presented and prepared by Mr. Saleem Tariq Ghayyur: tariqghayyur@gmail.comLecturer Department of Education, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
Introducing Curriculum
The word curriculum has Latin origin. It is a runway, a course to which one runs to reach a goal.
Old Concept of Curriculum
“A course to which one runs to reach a goal.”“Curriculum is a fixed programme of courses.”
Contemporary Concept of Curriculum
Hilda Taba has defined Curriculum as “a plan for learning”.Kerr defines it as “Planned experiences (Curricular and co-curricular) offered to the learner under the guidance of school.”“A body of prescribed educative experiences under school supervision.”Tyler defines “Curriculum means all these activities which are provided inside or out side schoolto the student in order to achieve predetermined goal”
Curriculum Development
Curriculum Development can be defined as the systematic planning of what is taught and learnedin schools as reflected in courses of study and school programs.
Curriculum as Educational Program
 
Bhatia describes curriculum as an educational program that include the following:
1.
Programme of Studies2.Programme of Activities3.Program of Guidance
Understanding curriculum, syllabus and course
As it is stated above that a curriculum is “Planned experiences (Curricular and co-curricular)offered to the learner under the guidance of school.”Whereas Syllabus includes a list of topics and subtopics related to a subject.Education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings is called course.
ELEMENT OF CURRICULUM
There are four elements of curriculum.1.objectives2.content3.method of teaching4.evaluation
1.OBJECTIVES:
“Objectives are expected result before the completion of work”There are two types of objectives.a.General objective b.Specific objective
NEEDS OF OBJECTIVES:
Children needs
Society needs
 National needs
Philosophical needs
Cultural needs
Religious needs
Trend and issue in country
2. CONTENT:
“It plays and imported role in process of curriculum”
ROBERT ZAIS:
 
“Content contains and values, culture, social needs, festivals, history and present needs”Content is prepared according to objectives.
3. TEACHING METHODS:
“By changing contents and objective teaching method will also change”Teaching method are planned according to content
DIFFERENT TEACHING MEATHOD
a.lecture method b.book readingc.discussion methodd.experiment methode.demonstration methodf.project methodg.problem solvingh.inductive methodi.deductive method j.playing method
4. EVALUATION
:“It is a process by which we want to know to what extent the objectives have been achieved”To what extent teaching method was successful and either content was related to the objective or not.
TYPE OF EVALUATION
1.placement evaluation2.formative evaluation3.diagnostic evaluation4.summative evaluation
Curriculum evaluation
: a continuous process for collecting information about all the elementsand outcomes of the curriculum to help arrive at an understanding of the extent to which theyhave been achieved and subsequently take decisions to improve their efficacy.
TYPES OF CURRICULUM
1. RECOMMENDED CURRICULUM2. IDEAL CURRICULUM
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