Foundational Concepts in Curriculum Design and Development

Module 1 A: Concepts of Curriculum

Module 1 B: Approaches to Curriculum Development

Module 1 C: Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in the context of Science and Mathematics Curriculum

Module 1 D: The learning domains

Module 1 E: School, curriculum and instruction

What is curriculum? It is the connection between subjects, teaching methods and all aspects of schooling that defines the learners experience.

Elements of Curriculum

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Characteristics

Types of Curricula

Curriculum implementation

Curriculum design

Curriculum planning

Curriculum evaluation and change

Purpose

Content

Method

Formal

Informal

Core

Extra-mural

Hidden/Collateral

Experience

Content

Plan

Series of courses

Affective

Psychomotor

Cognitive :

Models

Task, Analysis process un curriculum design

Objective model

Process model

Tyler's model

Wheeler's model

Kerr's model

Dimensions of curriculum design

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Establish goal of education

Selection of content

Identify teacher role

Selection of learning experience

Time allotment

Identify student behavior and roles

Evaluate to see if the intended outcome has been reached.

Articulation and Alignment

Benefits of curriculum

Articulation in international context

Horizontal

Vertical

The curriculum instruction triad

Instruction

Assessment

Curriculum

Salientl Features of Science

Assessment in science instruction

The role of students in instruction

Considerations

Learning activities

Assessment

Teacher's role in instruction

Summative

Affective

Effective

Knowledge

Application

Evaluation

Response

Mechanism

Action

Value

Characterization

Definition of school curriculum: content and learning experiencs

Reasons for designing:

  • capacity of learner
  • manipulative skills of learner
  • learner's value system

Factors that influence a school curriculum:

  • National Goals of Education
  • Learners
  • Availability of Resources
  • Number of subject options available

Process of designing a curriculum

  • evaluation
  • diagnosis of needs
  • formulation of objectives
  • selection of content
  • learning experiences
  • organization of learning experiences

Shared and unique aspect of curriculum development and instructional development

  • writing objectives
  • sequence objectives
  • determine student's needs and interests
  • develop curriculum materials
  • evaluate the effectiveness of materials in curriculum
  • Technological factors
  • social factors
  • social considerations
  • learner's psychological preparation
  • political, economic, and environmental factors
  • learning theories

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Factors that affect:

  • assessment
  • instructional supervision
  • teachers and learners
  • culture and ideology
  • schools and environment
  • stakeholders
  • resource material and facilities

Forms of evaluation

  • summative
  • formative