Meaning, Definition, Principles, Aims and Components of Curriculum Construction.

1. Education, Society, Curriculum And Learners
Curriculum: Meaning, Definitions,
Principles and conponents
Nishat Anjum,
Research Scholar,
MJPRU, Bareilly.

2. CURRICULUM

3. Meaning of Curriculum.
Definition of Curriculum.
Principles of Curriculum.
Components of Curriculum.

4. MEANING OF CURRICULUM
The term has been drived
from-
• Latin word means “A race course”
• Simply we can say; A course of study in a
school or college
• It is content program of planned activities
learning outcome and experiences.
CURRICULUM
CURRERE
(LATIN WORD)
“RACE COURSE”
CURRICULUM
“CURRER”

5. DEFINITIONS OF CURRICULUM
•“Curriculum is a tool in the hands of the artist (Teacher) to
mould his material (Puplil) according to his ideals
(Objectives) in his studio (School)”
•“Curriculum is composed of all experiences children
have under the guidence of the teacher”
CUNNIGHUM:
CASWELL & CAMPBELL:
“

6. PRINCIPLES OF CURRICULUM
CONSTRUCTION
• PRINCIPLE OF CHILD CENTERED
EDUCATION.
• PRINCIPLE OF RELATION WITH
LIFE.
• PRINCIPLE OF UTILIZING
CREATIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE
POWERS.
• PRINCIPLE OF PLAY & WORK.
• PRINCIPLE OF UTILITY.
• PRINCIPLE OF TOTALITY OF
EXPERIENCE .
• PRINCIPLE OF KNOWLEDGE
OF CULTURE AND
CIVILIZATION.
• PRINCIPLE OF FLEXIBILITY.
• PRINCIPLE OF FORWARD
LOOKING .
• PRINCIPLE OF CORRELATION.

7. PRINCIPLE OF CHILD CENTERED EDUCATION
Curriculum should be child-
centered, In other words while
constructing a suitable curriculum,
the interest, needs, capabilities,
abilities, age and the level of
intelligence of child should be kept
in mind.

8. PRINCIPLE OF RELATION WITH LIFE
In the curriculum; those
subject should be included
which are relevant for actual,
in living and directly related
with life experiences and
practical knowledge related to
life directly.

9. PRINCIPLE OF UTILIZING CREATIVE AND
CONSTRUCTIVE POWERS
Those subjects should be assigned in
curriculum which develop creative and
constructive capability of the child, and
knowledge of creative idea must be
given by providing prominent place for
creative activities, So that students
should construct creative powers and
ideas in their minds

10. PRINCIPLE OF PLAY AND WORK
Curriculum should be constructed
in keeping mind that student must
get the knowledge of play -
games like football, Basketball,
yoga, volleyball etc; so that the
curriculum become interesting for
the child.

11. PRINCIPLE OF UTILITY
Utility means that useful subject
should be included in the
curriculum and knowledge of
present life situations should be
given, also the subjects which
provide knowledge of future life
the children should be included
in the curriculum.

12. PRINCIPLE OF TOTALITY OF EXPERIENCE
Curriculum is sum total
of various human
experiences which child
receives from school,
College classroom,
playing field, campus,
society etc.

13. PRINCIPLE OF KNOWLEDGE OF CULTURE
AND CIVILIZATION
In curriculum knowledge of those
subjects should be given which
convey understanding of child
related to particular culture,
festival and make them civilized
those, activity should be
organised which develop feelings
of culture and cooperation

14. PRINCIPLE OF FLEXIBILITY
Curriculum must have
flexibility, which means that it
should have the ablility so,
that every child with different
background can easily follow it
without any problem

15. 9-PRINCIPLE OF FORWARD LOOKING
The subject material
provided in curriculum is
able to solve the problem
that come before the child
in the future So; that he
can take decisions
immediately

16. 10-PRINCIPLE OF CORRELATION
Curriculum is not having any
meaning if it is destroyed in
fragments or parts it should be
integrated that means all the topics
of each and every subject should be
interrelated with each other so that
the child will get deeper knowledge
and understanding of one topic
Maths
Science

17. Four MAJOR CompoNENTS of Curriculum
OBJECTIVES (Aims)
METHODS (Organization)
CONTENT (Subject Matter)
EVALUATION APPROACHES

18. Four major
components
of Curriculum
Aims and
objectives
Evaluation
Content or
Subject Matter
Methods and
Organisation

19. Major components of of Curriculum
1-Aims and Objectives 2-Methods and Organization
• Aims of Curriculum is to
produce globally
competitive lifelong
learners
• Build a strong foundation
and skill and concepts
• Main objective is to achive
goal
• Strategy or the manner in
which content is taught.
• Use of teaching aids to
gain attention of student

20. 3-Content OR SUBJECT
MATTER 4-Evaluation
• Learning resources
educational material like
books, models etc
• Physical education book,
education, geometry,
algebra Arts, Science and
Social Studies.
• Determine quality,
effectivenss and
product of Curriculum .
• Provide feedback to
learn and teacher.