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BINDURA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION

FACULTY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM AND EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT
STUDIES
PC301 CURRICULUM DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION & EVALUATION
SEMINAR PRESENTATION TOPICS

INSTRUCTIONS
 Seminar presentation is a group assignment.
 Each group must be made up of 3 members or less. On the cover paper provide details
of the participants.
 Select a seminar topic and assign each other tasks/roles.
 Make a seminar presentation to the whole class. This presentation may include
PowerPoint presentation, audio, or video or mix.
 After presentation reflect on feedback and improvements and submit a MS Word
document (1200-1500 words long)

Various conceptions of curriculum, determinants of curriculum, curriculum aims, goals

and objectives
1. Examine any five determinants of curriculum
2. Discuss sources of curriculum aims, goals and objectives
3. Discuss ways Zimbabwe education system is helping to preserve its cultural and
national heritage.
4. Examine the Zimbabwean curriculum. What are the core subjects? Justify your
answer
5. Discuss the link between Piaget’s stages of development and how the Zimbabwean
curriculum has been designed.
Models of curriculum design
6. Discuss the role of the Teachers in the process of Curriculum Design
7. As a practising teacher, on which model or models of curriculum design do you think
your national curriculum was based? How does the model affect what you actually
teach in class?
Curriculum Implementation
8. Examine factors that enhance or hinder curriculum implementation
Curriculum evaluation
9. Analyse the notion that evaluation facilitates curriculum improvement.
10. Discuss any one model of curriculum evaluation.
Curriculum change and innovation
11. Assess the effectiveness of the Social Interaction model in introducing an educational
innovation.
12. Assess the effectiveness of the Linkage model in introducing an educational
innovation.
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13. Compare the ‘Power Coercive’ and ‘Empirical-Rational’ strategies when

implementing curriculum change or innovation.
Curriculum evaluation case studies
14. Examine curriculum evaluation in Zimbabwe with specific reference to any one
educational programme in Zimbabwe.