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The Teacher and 3: Curriculum

the School Curriculum A Guide toDesign
Curriculum Development
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Six Curriculum Conceptions
By Murray Print, 1988.

• Academic Rationalist
• Enhances the individual’s intellectual abilities through the study of worthwhile
subjects.
• Cognitive Processes
• Argues for the development of cognitive skills as the basis of a school curriculum.
• Humanistic
• Argues that schools should provide learners with intrinsically rewarding experiences
to enhance personal growth.

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Curriculum Design
• Refers to the arrangement of the elements of a curriculum.
• Aims, goals, objectives
• Subject matter or content
• Learning activities
• Evaluation

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Design Forces
• Horizontal Organization (scope, integration)
• Vertical Organization (sequence)

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Curriculum Designs
1. Subject-centered
2. Learner-centered
3. Problem-centered
4. Core Learning

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Subject-centered Designs
1. Subject design
2. Academic disciplines design
3. Integrated design
4. Broad fields design

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Learner-centered Designs
1. Activity/experience design
2. Humanistic design

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Problem-centered Designs
1. Thematic design
2. Problem design

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Core Learning Designs
1. Core design
2. National core curriculum design

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Features of Good Curriculum Design
• Mentally & affectively engaging
• Allows meaningful collaboration
• Develops in-depth understanding
• Connects with students’ lives and worlds
• Focuses on product
• Deals with profound ideas
• Real, purposeful, and useful to students

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 Content Selection Criteria
• Significance
• Validity
• Relevance
• Utility
• Learnability
• Interest

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 Activity
• Refer to your textbook
• Provide examples for each curriculum design

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