The Process

of Curriculum
Development
 Process of
Curriculum What teachers should do
Development
1. Diagnosis • read/study child
of Needs development
*Fundamental • administer the Philippine
objective is ECCD Checklist
to develop an •conduct parent
accurate
understanding interviews, home visits
students who • prepared student
will be served profiles, assessment
by the summaries
curriculum
2. Formulation • read/study national
of Goals and standard competencies,
Objectives Philippine ECCD Checklist
* developmental
characteristics
* how children learn
* knowledge of various
disciplines – core
concepts and principles
3. Selection •Knowledge of curriculum
of Content areas e.g. subject areas ) in
What do I need to relation to child
teach children ?
development
*content – what to •Identification of specific
teach (concepts:
ideas, facts,
topics/concepts
information, skills, •Curriculum webs that
attitudes, values)
develop their topics
4. Organization •Sequencing of
of content/outline; preparation
Content of monthly/weekly content
outlines
5. Selection of Curriculum webs for
Learning specific units of study
Experiences identified for the age
should reflect the group- list activities that
comprehensive
educational objectives
will be used to develop
and the content the unit, to teach the
selected concepts and skills
6.Organization •Preparation of a ten
of Learning month weekly/daily plan
Experiences •Scheduling of routines,
regular and weekly
program activities
•Design of parent
involvement activities
7.Determination •Plan for and
of what to implement activities
evaluate and how that show how well
to evaluate children have
learned/how
objectives were
achieved (informal
and formal evaluation)