Activity 1.

1 Designing a Cluster Map

Directions: Draw a cluster map and write the general topic in the circle found at the middle most part. Then identify the specific curriculum
models under each cluster and provide short descriptions about them. Be guided by the sample map that follows.

is the oldest and so far

the most familiar design
Subject It uses the past and the
for teachers, parents, and
other laymen. design Discipline present experiences of the
learners as a means to
design analyze the basic areas of
Subject living.

centered
Co min g from a co r e,
co r r ela ted c u r r i cu lu m Correlatio
design links separate
subject designs in order to nal design Broad field was made to cure the
reduce fragmentation. compartmentalization of the
design separate subjects and
integrate the contents that
are related to one another.

Curriculum
This design is often attributed to
the influence of Dewey, Rosseau,
design and
development
Pestalozzi, and Froebel. This
curriculum design is anchored on
Child models
the needs and in the child centered
design

Problem Life
experience-centered design Learner It uses the past and the
Experience centered situation
believes that the interests centered present experiences of the
and needs of learners cannot
centered design learners as a means to
be pre-planned. analyze the basic areas of
design living.

Core Common needs, problems,

The key l ea d p e r s o n a l i ti e s
in this curriculum design were Humanistic design and concerns of the learners
are the central focus of this
Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers design.
theory of self-actualization design