Northwestern Visayan Colleges

Kalibo, Aklan

GRADUATE SCHOOL – TANGALAN MAED CENTER

MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION (MAED)
Major in Educational Management

JEROME N. BAYLON JUNNETE T. CASIMERO

Discussant Discussant

EDUC. 219 – ADVANCED CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF LEARNING

EDUCATION FOR SOCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUAL

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
- a multi-stage process involving dedication, understanding and knowledge on part of the curriculum designer or
developer

CURRICULAR CYCLE
- Peyton and Peyton (1998) note that the curricular cycle
“involves development through needs assessment,
design and implementation phases. After this, outcomes
are reviewed and evaluated against the original needs
assessment. Needs change with societal expectations.
The emphasis on different aspects varies with the
participants’ and teachers’ perceived needs. The
dynamic curriculum requires change and resource
management”

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

The development of an effective curriculum guide is a multi-step, ongoing and cyclical process. The process
progresses from evaluating the existing program, to designing an improved program, to implementing a new program and
back to evaluating the revised program.

STAGES OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

A. Planning
1. Convening a Curriculum Development Committee
2. Identifying Key Issues and Trends in the Specific Content Area
3. Assessing Needs and Issues
B. Articulating and Developing:
4. Articulating a K-12 Program Philosophy
5. Defining K-12 Program, Grade-Level and Course Goals
6. Developing and Sequencing of Grade-Level and Course Objectives
7. Identifying Resource Materials to Assist with Program Implementation
8. Developing and/or Identifying Assessment Items and Instruments to Measure Student Progress
C. Implementing
9. Putting the New Program into Practice
D. Evaluating
10. Updating the Program
11. Determining the Success of the Program

GUIDELINES FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

1. A good curriculum must encourage inquiry and creativity.
2. A good curriculum must be democratic with regard to procedures
3. A good curriculum must accept individual differences
4. A good curriculum must take into consideration scientific and scholarly techniques and findings
5. A good curriculum must minimize memorizing and maximize discovery
6. A good curriculum must take into consideration the potential for achievement through either the individual learner
or group
7. A good curriculum must employ teacher resources in multi-dimensional role.

FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATION TOWARDS INDIVIDUALS

1. Strengthen the personality
Education helps in strengthening the personality of an individual. An educated person is smart, confidant
and brave. He cannot be easily feared or duped. A highly educated person is like a tree; he always behaves kindly
and never possesses any ego.
 2. Ethical behavior:
Education promotes ethical behavior. Educated people always believe in fair practices. They behave
ethically in all fields of life.
3. Helps in transformation of an individual:
Education transform a person and makes him more balance and calm. An educated person is balanced
physically, mentally, socially, emotionally, and spiritually.
4. Borders the mind of an individual:
An educated person has broader perspective towards life. He does not waste his life into little details. He
is open minded person and a good listener, he give importance to other’s view point.
5. Improves the future of a person:
Education truly improves the future of an individual. He earns his living with the help of his skill and knowledge.
6. Improves reasoning and thinking power:
An educated person is a logical person who thinks widely and for all. He has no self-fish interest and do
not promote unnecessary wastage. He knows how to increase and maintain the supply.
7. Maintain clean environment:
Education teaches a person to preserve the natural environment, educated people believe in living in a
clean and hygiene environment. They do not make their environment dirty by throwing trash everywhere.

FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATION TOWARDS SOCIETY

1. Removal of unwanted traditional customs:
Many places we see people blindly following traditional customs, these traditional age old customs are
harmful for society, practice of such custom can never lead mankind towards development. Education helps us to
understand that change is the law of nature. Nothing remains stagnant. Thus with time one have to change to
achieve progress and development
2. Development of science and technology:
Education is the reason behind the faster development of science a technology. Construction of roads,
bridges, big buildings, new technology, advanced modes of transport etc. all were possible because of highly
educated scientist and inventors.
3. Preserves the nature:
Education helps in development of system that maintains ecological balance. It discourage unnecessary
wastage and helps in maintaining equality between the supply and demand.
4. Provides opportunity and equality:
Education promotes equality and wellness. Men and women deserve equal opportunity in all aspect.
Education helps individual to fight for their right and eradicate inequality and poverty.
Education fights against prejudice and hatred and promotes a friendlier atmosphere and teaches us to give
equal opportunity and respect to all caste, religion, creed etc.