APPROACHES TO

CURRICULUM DESIGN
PRESENTED BY: ERNEST JONATHAN DELA PAZ
LEARNING FOCUS
• The Six (6) Features of a Curriculum
• Approaches to Curriculum Design
6 FEATURES OF CURRICULUM
• Who teaches?
• Who do the teachers teach?
• What do the teachers teach?
• How do teachers teach?
• How much of the teaching was learned?
• With whom do we teach?
WHO TEACHES?- THE TEACHER
WHO DO THE TEACHERS TEACH?-
THE LEARNERS
WHAT DO THE TEACHERS TEACH?-
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND VALUES
HOW DO TEACHERS TEACH?-
STRATEGIES AND METHODS
HOW MUCH OF THE TEACHING WAS
LEARNED? – PERFORMANCE
WITH WHOM DO WE TEACH?-
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
 APPROACHES TO CURRICULUM DESIGN-
CHILD OR LEARNER- CENTERED APPROACH
• Based on the underlying philosophy that the child is the center of the
educational process.
APPROACHES TO CURRICULUM DESIGN-
SUBJECT-CENTERED APPROACH
• Anchored on the curriculum design which prescribes different and
separate subjects into one broad field.
APPROACHES TO CURRICULUM DESIGN-
PROBLEM-CENTERED APPROACH
• Assumes that in the process of living, the children experience problems.
RELATIONSHIP OF CHILD or SUBJECT- PROBLEM-
FEATURES AND LEARNER- CENTERED CENTERED
APPROACHES TO CENTERED
CURRICULUM
DESIGN
TEACHER Guide Master Trainer

LEARNER Most Important/ Competitors/ Next Problem Solvers/

Center of the Educative Masters Independent
Process
WHAT TO TEACH What learners want to Subject matter content Practical work
accomplish which are detached
from life
HOW TO TEACH Self-Discovery Intellectual Practices Direct Participation
Self-Direction
PERFORMANCE Compared to learner’s Learner’s mastery of Dealing with life and its
own set of goals the subject content problems
PARTNER Parents Community