GOVERNOR ANDRES PASCUAL COLLEGE

1045 M. Naval St., San Jose, Navotas City

1st Semester, Academic Year 2022-2023.

Course Name CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
Course Credit 3 Units
Course Description The course is intended to introduce the education students to effective curriculum design and assessment. The
course topics include curriculum models, principles and approaches in designing, delivering and addressing the
curriculum.
Contact Hours 3
Prerequisite None
Course Outcome At the end of the course, the students are expected to be able to:
1. integrate appropriate learning styles, instructional approaches and teaching-learning processes in
curriculum development.
2. design a model curriculum demonstrating considerations for a selected age group and setting including
appropriate community linkages/stakeholders,
3. construct instruments for monitoring curriculum implementation and assessment

COURSE OUTLINE AND TIME FRAME

Week Number Course Content/ Subject Matter
1 INTRODUCTION TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
• Concept, Nature and purposes of Curriculum
• Elements/ Components of Curriculum
• Teaching Learning Process and Curriculum Development
2-6 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES
• The pre-Spanish Curriculum
• The Spanish-devised curriculum
• The American-devised curriculum
• The curriculum during commonwealth
• The Japanese-Devised Curriculum
• The Curriculum during the Liberation Period
• The Curriculum During the Philippine Republic
• The Curriculum in the New Society
• Elements/ Components of Curriculum
• Teaching Learning Process and Curriculum Development
 7-10 CRAFTING THE CURRICULUM
• Curriculum Models and Types
• Principles and Dimensions of Curriculum Design
• Approaches to Curriculum Design
11 MIDTERM EXAM
12-13 IMPLEMENTING THE CURRICULUM
• The role of Stakeholders in Curriculum Implementation
• The Role of Technology in Delivering the Curriculum
• Pilot Testing, Monitoring and Evaluating the Implementation of the Curriculum
14-15 ASSESSING THE CURRICULUM
• Intended vs Implemented vs Achieved Curriculum
• Criteria for curriculum assessment
• Tools to assess curriculum
• Linking curriculum, Instruction and Assessment (CIA): Making a Fit
16-17 ADDRESSING THE FUTURE: CURRICULUM INNOVATIONS
• Curriculum innovations: Local and Global Trends
• Issues and Concerns in Curriculum
18 FINAL EXAMINATION

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
• Seminar Type Reporting
• Action Research
• Action Planning
• Case Studies
• Reaction Paper
• Examination
• Comparative Study

REFERENCES:
• Aquino, Gaudencio. Curriculum Development Principles and Techniques. Alemar Phoenix Publishing House, Inc., Quezon City, Philippines
• Bilbao, et.al (2008), Curriculum Development, Lorimar Publishing Inc., Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines (Pp 9-39)
• James, Marshall and Jernon, Hiabs. Elementary School Curriculum From Theory to Practice. New York: Book Co.
 • Palma, Jesus (2009), Curriculum Development System: A Handbook for School Practitioners in Basic Education, 2nd Edition, National
Bookstore, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines
• Rodriguez, Lolita. Madrasah General Education Program for Muslim Mindanao, Iligan City. D & W, Printing Press, 1998
• Shuster, Albert and Milton Ploghoff. The Emerging Elementary Curriculum. Ohio: Charles E. Merril Books.
• Stratemayer, Forkner and Mehin Passes. Developing Curriculum for Living. Bureau of Publication, Teachers College, Columbia University,
New York, 1982.
• Wiles, John.. Curriculum Development: A Guide to Practice, 7th Ed.2006

Prepared by:

MA. FILIPINA ORIONDO-DAVID, Ed.D

Professor