ASSIGNMENT

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HMEF5073_V2
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
SEPTEMBER 2021 SEMESTER
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SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION

1. Answer in English or Malay.

2. Number of words: 3000 – 5000 words excluding references.

3. Submit your assignment ONCE only in a SINGLE file.

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4. Submit your assignment ONLINE.

5. Submission date : 16 NOVEMBER 2021

6. This assignment accounts for 60% of the total marks for the course.

ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

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OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this assignment is to help you to acquire knowledge on the foundations,
which are often considered in developing a curriculum, factors to consider in evaluating the
curriculum and to devise activities based on a suitable taxonomy.

TASK 1 A : ESSAY (18 Marks)

One of the objectives of school education is to fill the classroom with joy and life that would
eventually support the development of holistic individuals. To achieve this, it is often said
that there is a need to humanize the classroom.

Write an essay in about 5 - 6 pages on how this can be achieved based on relevant literature
reviewed. The essay should be presented in an organized and coherent manner that
includes reference to sources from books, journal articles and expert opinion.

Marks will be awarded for the essay written based on the following criteria:
i. The title that reflects the content of the essay.
ii. Organization of the essay according to various subsections and coherence.
iii. Clarity in relation to introduction, content and conclusion.
iv. In depth discussion of the issue.
v. Use of APA style in citation and referencing.

[18 marks]

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TASK B : CIPP MODEL (15 Marks)
You are required to:
Review relevant articles on Stufflebeam’s CIPP Model on curriculum evaluation and write a
summary of the key aspects of the model and its strengths.

[15 marks]

TASK C : BLOOM’S TAXONOMY (27 Marks)

Bloom's taxonomy is a set of three hierarchical models used to classify educational learning
objectives into levels of complexity and specificity.
You are required to:
1) Review the revised Bloom’s taxonomy and discuss the need to develop students in
the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains.
2) Choose 1 – 2 topics of a particular subject and prepare activities in each of the levels
of the cognitive domain. You must explain the learning objectives of the activity and
describe clearly the activities that you propose to carry out in the classroom.

[27 marks]

Assessment Criteria
Your response to each task will be graded separately based on the scoring scheme attached.
For maximum credit, be sure that your response addresses each of the scoring criteria
components.

Additional Guidelines
1. The assignment should be submitted according to the due date.
2. You are to submit a softcopy of your assignment online through myInspire.

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3. Plagiarism is not acceptable. If you are not sure what is meant by plagiarism, please
refer to the various websites which discuss this matter, e.g.
owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts.

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 ATTACHMENT
ASSIGNMENT RUBRICS
HMEF5073_V2 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT / SEPTEMBER 2021 SEMESTER
Criteria Excellent Good Fair Poor Unsatisfactory Max
*QN CLO Weight
4 3 2 1 0 Marks
1 3 TASK A (30%): 4.5 An excellent review of A well-developed A good review of A satisfactory review A poor review of 18
articles with expert review of articles with articles with some of articles with some articles. No opinions
Humanizing the Classroom opinions or some opinions and opinions and opinions and or suggestions given.
suggestions of the suggestions of the suggestions of the suggestions of the A poor organization
issue. Excellent issue. A good issue. A good issue. Average of thoughts.
organization of organization of organization of organization of Synthesis is not
thoughts. A very thoughts. A good thoughts. A candidate thought. The evident. Limited or
coherent synthesis synthesis with has illustrated synthesis is evident no evidence is
with evidence evidence provided. synthesis with with some or few provided.
provided. Relevant References to average evidence. evidence.
literature references literature are evident.
are made.

2 3 TASK B (25%) 3.75 All four key aspects of Three of the key Two of the four key One of the four key None of the aspects 15
the model are aspects of the model aspects of the model aspects of the model of the model is
CIPP Model adequately explained. are explained. Up to are explained. Up to is discussed. Limited discussed. The
More than four three references two references are references were writing is based on
references were were provided. A provided. Some given. A limited personal opinion.
made. A very clear clear explanation of explanation of the explanation of the
explanation of the the strengths of the strengths of the strengths of the
strengths of the model is provided. model is provided. model is provided.
model is provided.

3 3 TASK C (45%) 6.75 A clear explanation An adequate An adequate A limited No explanation on 27

on the need to explanation on the explanation on the explanation on the the need to develop

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 Need for developing students in all areas develop students in need to develop need to develop need to develop
of the Bloom’s taxonomy and suitability all three domains of students in all three students in two of the students in all three
students in all
of the activities the taxonomy is domains of the three domains of the domains of the
domains of the
provided and justified taxonomy is provided taxonomy is taxonomy is
taxonomy is
using numerous and justified using provided. Limited provided. Limited
provided. No
literatures. some literatures. reference to references are
references have
All activities Most of the activities literature. Some of made. Clarity of the
been made. None of
developed match the developed match the the activities explanation is an
the activities
cognitive level of cognitive level of developed match the issue. Limited
matches the
Bloom’s Taxonomy. Bloom’s Taxonomy. cognitive level of number of activities
cognitive level of
All activities are All activities are Bloom’s Taxonomy. developed matches
Bloom’s Taxonomy.
suitable to students’ suitable to students’ Some activities are the cognitive level of
None of the
level. level. suitable to students’ Bloom's Taxonomy.
activities are
level. Limited number of
suitable to students’
activities are
level.
suitable to students’
level.
Total 15 60
*QN = Question Number