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Curriculum
Development
A. Curriculum planning
isa complex activity involving the interplay of
ideas from the curriculum field and other related
disciplines. However, the ultimate purpose of
curriculum planning is to describe the learning
opportunities available to students.
1.Levels of Curriculum
Planning
The National Level
• involves scholars of some discipline from various institutions across the country
• involves the establishment of a committee (group of educators (teachers, principals, curriculum coordinators, etc.) under
the Education Department
• the task of the Committee is to recommend what ought to constitute the overall program across the nation
• deals with a group of parents, teachers, administrators, counsellors and students from a particular institution
• the group works on the basis that a student’s encounter with personal and social experiences is as important as with those
experiences gathered from the academic activities
• deals with a group of teachers representing different subject areas who come together to develop a unit
• type of activity that is known as inter-disciplinary curriculum planning since it involves contributions from various
subjects or disciplines of knowledge
• a teacher tries to take a decision about learning objectives—what the teacher would like a group of students to learn about
a particular subject
• the teacher and learners work together to decide any combination of the ‘what, how, who were, and when’ questions
regarding the unit they are working on
2. Elements of
Curriculum Planning
• analysis of different conditions such as emotional, political, cultural, religious and geographical condition of a country
Situational Analysis
• helps curriculum planners in the selection of objectives, selection of organization of learning materials and in suggesting appropriate evaluation procedure
• the following are the four main factors for formulating the objectives of education: A. Socierty; B. Knowledge; C. Leaner; D. Learning Process
Formulation of
Objectives
• these are adopted by the teachers during instruction and learning experiences
Strategies and
Method of Teaching
• a broader term being used to make judgment about the worth and effectiveness of the curriculum.
Evaluation
a broader term
being used to make
judgment about the
worth and
effectiveness of the
curriculum.
B.CURRICULUM DESIGN AND
ORGANIZATION
1.Approaches in Curriculum
Designing
APPROACHES IN CURRICULUM DESIGNING
Child is the center of the Separate distinct subjects for Assumes that in the process of
educational process. every educational level: basic living, children experience
Curriculum is constructed education, higher education or problems.
based on the needs, interest, vocational-technical Problem solving enables the
purposes and abilities of the education. learners to become
learners. increasingly able to achieve
Built upon the learners’ complete or total development
knowledge, skills, previous as individuals.
learnings and potential.
2. Elements of
Designing
Elements Description
Intended Learning Outcomes Something to be accomplished after a particular session
Should follow SMART: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Result
Oriented and Time-bounded
State based on what students can do
Include cognitive, performance and affective outcomes
Curriculum
Mapping
Curriculum Mapping
Process of organizing core skills, competencies, contents,
learning experiences and assessment used for each course.
An activity involving teachers and stakeholders utilizing
appropriate strategies.
Utilizes diagram to correct misalignments and redundancy
and improve overall coherence of a course of study.
Provides the visual that presents the timeline, sequence and
articulation of content and other important details.
Indicate the Write the learning
Make a matrix
timeline outcomes