Curriculum Development: Chapter 4 Evaluating a Curriculum Module 5, Lesson 1 Curriculum Evaluation and the Teacher

1. MODULE 5: LESSON 1
CURRICULUM EVALUATION
and the TEACHER
CHAPTER 4
EVALUATING A CURRICULUM
Presented by:
Mari Toni Gultiano-Destua

2. Module Overview
 Context and Definition
 Role of the teacher as an Evaluator
 Present ways of evaluating the curriculum
as: written, planned or implemented
 Reference to popular curriculum models
Take Note:
 It’s a component of curriculum development
 Look into educational reforms or innovations
 Establish the merit or worth of the curriculum

3. Module Overview
1. Do planned courses, programs, activities as written
and implemented produce desired outcomes?
2. How can these school curricula be improved?
Attempt to Answer the Questions:

4. Lesson 1: What, Why and How to Evaluate
a Curriculum?
Desired Learning Outcomes:
 Acquire clear understanding of what is curriculum
evaluation
 Explain the need to evaluate the curriculum
 How it is being done
 Expand knowledge about the different
curriculum evaluation models

5. Curriculum Evaluation:
A PROCESS and A TOOL
PROCESS
Follows
procedure
based on
Models &
Frameworks
TOOL
Help to judge
the
Worth &
Merit
RESULT
Basis to
IMPROVE
The
Curriculum

6. Curriculum Evaluation:
CURRICULARISTS DEFINITION
• A process to gather data & to decide
whether to accept, change, eliminate the
whole curriculum of a textbook.
Orstein &
Hunkins
McNeil, J
Olivia, P.
• To identify the weaknesses and strengths
problems encountered in the implementation;
• To improve the curriculum development
process
• It is a process of delineating, obtaining and
providing useful information for judging
alternatives for purpose of modifying or
eliminating the curriculum.

7. Curriculum Evaluation: REASONS
Why there is a need to evaluate a Curriculum?
 an EVALUATION is needed at the end of a line/cycle
 planning, designing & implementing are useless
without evaluation

8. Curriculum Evaluation: REASONS
Identifies the
STRENGTHS &
WEAKNESSES
which will be the
basis of intended
plan, design or
implementation
At the MIDDLE
of the
curriculum
development,
It can tell if the
designed or
implemented
curriculum can
produce or is
producing the
desired result.
It will GUIDE
whether the
results have
equaled or
exceeded the
standards, it
is labelled as
SUCCESS .
It PROVIDES
INFORMATION
necessary for
teachers, school
managers,
curriculum
specialist for policy
recommendations
that will enhance
achieved learning
outcomes
NEEDS
ASSESSMENT
MONITORING
TERMINAL
ASSESSMENT
BASIS FOR
DECISION
MAKING

9. Curriculum Evaluation: MODELS
Ralph Tyler and Hilda Taba C.E. ends in EVALUATION
EVALUATION is a
Tells about the value or
worth of something that
was done.
that collectively
How can a curriculum’s worth be DETERMINED?
MODELS