EDUC 106: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

INTRODUCTION:
THE TEACHER AND
THE CURRICULUM

Instructor:Ms. Clarissa Jean Estrada

What are schools for?
What subjects are
important
How should students
learn?
What methods should
be used?
What outcomes should
be achieved?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE
OF THE CURRICULUM?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE CURRICULUM?

Enhance the student

learning and facilitate
instruction
 TEACHING VS. FACILITATING

A process whereby a Helping/making it

teacher leads a group easy for students to
of students in learn together in a
acquiring new skills, group, or to achieve
knowledge or something into a
understanding group
HOW DO WE DEFINE
CURRICULUM
Is that we taught to
school
 Is all PLANNED LEARNING
EXPERIENCES for which the
school is responsible
Is a set of subjects
Is a content
 Is a set of
PERFORMANCE
OBJECTIVES
CURRICULUM:
ACCORDING TO
TANNER (1980) defined curriculum as “the
planned and guided learning experiences and
intended outcomes, formulated through the
systematic reconstruction of knowledge and
experiences under the auspices of the school, for
the learners' continuous and wilful growth in
personal social competence”
Pratt (1980) defines curriculum as a
written document that systematically
describes goals planned, objectives,
content, learning activities, evaluation
procedures and so forth
Grundy (1987) defines curriculum as a
programme of activities (by teachers
and pupils) designed so that pupils will
attain so far as possible certain
educational and other schooling ends or
objectives.
Grundy (1987) defines curriculum as a
programme of activities (by teachers
and pupils) designed so that pupils will
attain so far as possible certain
educational and other schooling ends or
objectives.
Hass (1987): Curriculum includes all of the
experiences that individual students have in
aprogram of education whose purpose is to
achieve broad goals and related
specificobjectives, which is planned in terms
of a framework of theory and research or
past andpresent professional practice
INTERPRETATION OF
THE CURRICULUM
What students should know
KNOWLEDGE OR CONTENT
What students should
be able to do

SKILLS
 How is taught
INSTRUCTION
How it is measured
ASSESSMENT
How the educational
system is organized
CONTEXT
●According to Bandi & Wales
(2005), the most common
definition derived from the word
Latin root, “curere” which means
“race course.”
●Bandi & Wales (2005) also stated
that “ for many students, the
school curriculum is a race to be
run, a series of obstacles or
hurdles (subjects) to be passed.”
 LEVELS OF
CURRICULUM
 SOCIETAL
They create intended goals
Experts
stakeholders
INSTITUTIONAL
LOCAL EDUCATORS
Dean
Supervisors
INSTRUCTIONAL
They give instructions
Teachers
Instructors
EXPERIENTIAL
Learners/ Students
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