VALLEY VIEW UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SECOND SEMESTER, 2015/2016

COURSE CODE: BEIT 227

COURSE NAME: GENERAL CURRICULUM AND COMPUTER BASE CURRICULUM
INSTRUCTOR: DORCAS BOATENG
CLASS PERIOD: THURSDAYS, 8:00 -11:00 AM

COURSE DESCRIPTION
The course explore the general curriculum theories and design, and a number of current and
emerging curriculum design and development issues as they relate to introduction and the use of
computers and other educational technologies to support teaching and learning in the school
systems. The course exposes students to current educational delivery concepts and paradigms
that are being used to design suitable curriculum to support computer and other educational
technology-based education and learning within the school system.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, the student should be able to:

Distinguish between a syllabus and a curriculum.

Analyze the SHS ICT (CORE) syllabus without difficulty.

COURSE CONTENT
1. Definition of concepts
a. Syllabus
b. Curriculum
c. Goals/aims
d. Objectives
2. Criteria (principles) for organization of the curriculum/syllabus
3. Criteria (principles) for selection of content and learning experiences
4. Evaluation/ Assessment

5. The structure of SHS syllabus (ICT)

Requirement for this course
Every student must own a copy of the teaching syllabus for SHS ICT (Core).
References

Bishop, G. (1985). The curriculum development: a textbook for students. London:

Macmillan
Publishers Limited.

Olive, P. F. (1992). Developing the curriculum (3rd ed.). New York: Harper Collins
Publishers Inc.

Ministry of Education [MOE], 2010. Teaching syllabus for information and

communications technology (core) (senior high school 1 3). Accra: Government of
Ghana.
Nitko, A. J. (2004). Educational assessment of students. (4th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice-Hall, Inc.