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