Componential Flexible curriculum is a new subjective approach to justify the curriculum for Holistic Development of learners.

1. Prof. Dibyendu Bhattacharyya
Dept. of Education
University of Kalyani
COMPONENTIAL FLEXIBLE CURRICULUM
AND CURRICULUM FOUNDATION
15th FACULTY INDUCTION PROGRAMME
JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY
1ST HALF

2. The Componential Flexible Curriculum is an educational model that
breaks down the curriculum into modular components, allowing for
personalized and adaptable learning pathways. It emphasizes
individualized instruction, interdisciplinary connections, and continuous
improvement to meet the diverse needs of students in a dynamic
educational landscape. This approach fosters a more engaging and
relevant learning experience.
What is Componential Flexible curriculum

3. Characteristics of Componential Flexible curriculum
❑ Modularity: The curriculum is divided into modular components, allowing
educators to rearrange and customize learning pathways based on individual
student needs, interests, and abilities. This modular structure facilitates easy
integration of new content, technologies, and teaching methodologies.
❑ Personalization: A CFC is designed to accommodate diverse learning styles and
preferences. It allows for personalized learning experiences by enabling students
to progress at their own pace and explore topics aligned with their interests,
fostering a more engaging and student-centered approach.
❑ Adaptability: The curriculum is adaptable to changes in educational priorities,
emerging trends, and the evolving needs of the workforce. This adaptability
ensures that the curriculum remains relevant and responsive to the dynamic nature
of knowledge and skills required in the modern world.

4. Cont…
❑ Interdisciplinary Connections: A CFC promotes interdisciplinary connections by
breaking down the traditional subject silos. It encourages the integration of concepts
and content across various disciplines, fostering a more holistic understanding of real-
world issues and enhancing critical thinking skills.
❑ Continuous Improvement: The CFC emphasizes ongoing evaluation and
improvement. It allows for regular updates based on feedback, assessment data, and
educational research to enhance overall effectiveness. This characteristic ensures that
the curriculum remains current and aligned with best practices in education.
❑ Technology Integration: The use of technology is inherent in a Componential
Flexible Curriculum. It leverages educational technologies to facilitate personalized
learning, provide interactive resources, and support collaborative and project-based
activities, enhancing the overall learning experience.

5. Cont…
❑ Competency-Based Learning: The focus is on the development of
competencies rather than simply covering content. Students are assessed on
their mastery of specific skills and knowledge, allowing for a more nuanced
understanding of individual strengths and areas for improvement.
❑ Inclusivity: The CFC is designed to be inclusive, accommodating diverse
student populations. It considers different learning abilities, cultural
backgrounds, and socio-economic factors, ensuring that education is
accessible and beneficial to all students.

6. Curriculum Approaches as Reference Background
for CFC
1. Behavioural Approach
2. Managerial Approach
3. System Approach
4. Academic Approach
5. Humanistic Approach
6. Post Modern Approach

7. Behavioural Approach (Early 1920s)
⚫ Behavioural Approach
⚫ Logical & Prescriptive
⚫ Step by Step Strategies formulating Curriculum
a. A plan/ blue print/ document
b. Goals and objectives are specified
c. Contents & Activities are sequenced
d. Learning outcomes
e. Selected with the idea of efficiency
f. Ensuring efficiency

8. Managerial Approach
⚫ School as a social system
⚫ In which students, teachers, Specialists & administration Interacts
⚫ Curriculum in terms of Programme + Schedules + Space + Resources +
Experiment + personel
Advocates:
a. Selecting
b. Organizing
c. Communicating
d. Applying

9. Systems Approach
⚫ Interconnectedness
⚫ Use a system approach known as TQM
⚫ TQM Includes:
⚫ Quality Management: System of Profound Knowledge
⚫ Components: Appreciating a system, Understanding
Variation, Psychology, Epistemology.
⚫ Deming Cycle:
⚫ Plan, Do, Check and Act.

10. Academic Approach
⚫ Traditional + Knowledge oriented approach
⚫ Attempts to analyze & synthesize major positions, trends &
concepts of Curriculum.
⚫ Understanding how knowledge can be:
a. Constructed
b. Deconstructed
c. Reconstructed

11. Humanistic Approach
⚫ Present approach
⚫ Technocratic & rigid
⚫ Ignore subject matter’s artistic/ physical & cultural aspects
⚫ Rarely consider the need for self-reflectedness/ self
actualization
⚫ Based on progressive philosophy

12. Post Modern Approach
⚫ Extends the humanistic approach
⚫ Post modernism is concerned chiefly with change & reform
⚫ Focus on education’s larger ideological issues
⚫ Investigate & influence sociatie’s social, economic & political Institutions
⚫ Interested in theory then practical application
⚫ Curricula’s interactions with political + economic + social + moral +
artistic focuses
⚫ School as an extension of society
⚫ Likely to speak interms of inequality, discrimination & appression

13. Curriculum According to UNESCO 2021
❑ Understanding the younger generations
❑ Combating factors related to vulnerability
❑ Reinforcing understanding between school and families
❑ Deepening glo-local education
❑ Enhancing the focus on the person
❑ Promoting synergies among values
❑ Valuing diversity
❑ Focusing on education that enhances freedom
❑ Moving toward hybrid modes of education
❑ Inspiring affection for educators

14. Holistic curriculum

15. Meaning of Foundation of Curriculum
❑ Epistemological Knowledge and its structural Presentation.
❑ It affect the content and structure of the curriculum.
❑ The needs, knowledge and information provide foundation in the
formation of curriculum.

16. External Boundaries of Curriculum
Philosophical
Foundations
Psychological
Foundations
Historical
Foundations
Sociological
Foundations
Major
Foundations of
Curriculum

17. ❖ Perennialism
❖ Essentialism
❖ Progressivism
❖ Reconstructionism
Philosophical Foundations
❖ Aesthetic Curriculum of R.N. Tagore
❖ Basic Curriculum of M. K. Gandhi
❖ Humanistic Curriculum of Vivekananda
❖ Integrated Curriculum of Aurobindo
Indian perspectives of
Curriculum
Global perspectives of
Curriculum

18. ➢ Perennialism: To educate the rational person
➢ Essentialism: To promote intellectual growth of learners
to become competent.
➢ Progressivism: Promote democratic social living
➢ Reconstructionism: To improve and reconstruct society
Global perspectives of Curriculum

19. ❑ Behaviorism and Curriculum
❑ Phenomenology or humanistic psychology
❑ Cognitive Psychology and Curriculum
❑ Constructivism
Psychological Foundations

20. ❑ Curriculum foundation at the Pre-
independence period
❑ Curriculum foundation at the After-
independence period
Historical Foundations

21. ❑ Needs of the Society
❑ Culture of the Institutions
❑ Social and Developmental Theories
❑ Moral Character
Sociological Foundations

22. Sl. No. Broad Category of Course Minimum Credit Requirement
3-year UG 4-Year UG
1. Major (Core) 60 80
2. Minor Stream 24 32
3. Multidisciplinary 09 09
4. Ability Enhancement Courses (AEC) 08 08
5. Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) 09 09
6. Value Added Courses common for all UG 06-08 06-08
7. Summer Internship 02-04 02-04
8. Research Project / Dissertation - 12
Total 120 160
Curricular Components & Credits of the
Undergraduate Programme
Ref: UGC Draft Curriculum & Credit Framework for UG Programmes-2022

23. Curricular Components & Credits of the Postgraduate
Programme
Ref: UGC Draft Curriculum & Credit Framework for PG Programmes-2023

24. Stage Specific Curriculum for UG with respect to UGC Curriculum
Framework
Ref: UGC Draft Curriculum & Credit Framework for UG Programmes-2022

25. Flexibility
1. Disciplinary Flexibility: (enrolling in online programmes, pursuing two
postgraduate programmes simultaneously, crediting work experience, etc.)
2. Selective Flexibility: (Selective in nature)
3. Explorative Flexibility: (Al-round Development from self to social reality)
4. Alternative Flexibility: ( Postgraduate programmes which are entirely online,
allow students to participate in the Programme along with their current
responsibilities. This makes earning a postgraduate degree while continuing to
work easier and more accessible to individuals)
5. Multiple Flexibility: (Multiple Entry and Exit Point)
Ref: UGC Draft Curriculum & Credit Framework for PG Programmes-2023

26. Componential Model of Curriculum Development
Proportionality of Curriculum
Transactional Flexibility
Evaluative Potential
Componential Flexible Curriculum
Holistic Development

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