PHILOSOPHICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

 Using available resources (digital/non-digital), read and familiarize yourselves with the philosophical and
psychological foundations of curriculum development. You will be guided with the following activity questions:

ACTIVITY 1: PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

1.1 Contrast the following educational philosophies underpinning curriculum development:

a. perennialism and progressivism

b. essentialism and reconstructionism

1.2 Which educational philosophies support the implementation of implementation of alternative learning system.
Justify your answer.

ACTIVITY 2: PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

21. Write a report, using appropriate references on the psychological foundations of curriculum:

2.1.1. Behaviorism

a. Connectionism

b. Classical Conditioning

c. Operant Conditioning

2.1.2. Cognitive Psychology

a. The Montessori Method

b. Jean Piaget’s Theories

c. Lev Vygotsky’s Theories

d. Constructivism

e. Brain Research and Learning

2.1.3. Phenomenology and Humanistic Psychology

a. Gestalt Theory

b. Maslow: Self-actualizing Individuals

c. Rogers: Non-directive and Therapeutic Learning

ACTIVITY: PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

2.2. In what ways do psychological foundations enable curriculum workers (teachers, supervisors) to perform their
educational responsibilities?