DYNAMIC MODELS OF

CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT
A.Walker’s Model Of Curriculum Development

Decker Walker developed a model for curriculum

development and first published it in 1971.Walker contented
that curriculum developers do not follow the prescriptive
approach of the rationale-linear sequence of curriculum
elements when they develop curricula.
 Walker was able to identify three phases,which termed platform,deliberation and
design.

Platform
(beliefs,theories,conception,point of view,aims,objective)

Deliberation
(applying term to practical situations,arguing
about,accepting,refusing,changing,adapting)

Curriculum Design
(making decisions about the various process components
 SKILLBECK’S CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT MODEL
His model presents a dynamic view of curriculum development.When
using this model, curriculum workers may start from any phase.
Situational Analysis

Goal Formulation

Program Building

Interpretation And
Implementation

Monitoring,feedbacking,assessme
nt,recommendation
 EISNER’S ARTISTIC APPROACH TO
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
This model can be applied in designing school-based curriculum
development or in national curriculum projects. Eisner’s model is an
open-ended process or a form of a dynamic model. It recognizes the
varied activities that teachers do in the school to attain the goals of the
curriculum.
 PAWILEN’S MODEL FOR
DEVELOPING CURRICULUM
It is intended to help curriculum workers develop
curriculum that is relevant and appropriate to the
Philippine context.