The document compares the objective model of curriculum design used in the United States to the Ban Chiao model used in Taiwan. The objective model has 7 steps outlined by Taba including diagnosing needs, drafting objectives, choosing content, organizing content, choosing learning experiences, organizing learning experiences, and deciding evaluation targets and methods. The Ban Chiao model aims to develop good attitudes, behaviors, and habits in students based on social science fundamentals. Both models have advantages like clear objectives but also limitations like unrealistic objectives that are difficult to implement. Good curriculum design is important for preparing students and has well-planned objectives and content.

1. Curricular
Design
By Carlos Carballo

2. Before comparing
• In this continuously innovative century, school
education plays a much more important role
than ever before (Lai & Lin, 2004). To survive
in the fast changing business environment,
each school must be able to cultivate wellprepared students who can meet the intensive
global competition.
• Therefore, curriculum planning has become an
important issue for school administrative.

3. United States Vs. Taiwan

4. United States
Objective Model
• This model has several contributions by
different authors, curriculum theorists,
curriculum reformers and professors; this is a
combination thoughts by them. Based on
these contributions, they got a final objective
model, this was the Taba’s contribution.

5. Taba’s Contribution
• Hilda Taba added by pointing out seven steps
of curriculum design and development. Those
seven steps are diagnosing needs, drafting
objective, choosing content, organizing
content, choosing learning experience,
organizing learning experience, and deciding
the target and means of evaluation.

6. The Pros and Cons of Objective Model
Advantages
• First, this model aimed at
developing students'
behavior as the target
goal of teaching.
• it has the function of
carefully managing
objectives.
• it is easy to find the
suitability of subject’s
content, activity, and
teaching methods based
on the objective
evaluation.
• the steps in the Objective
model’s application are
exact and logical, and
thus, easily followed.

7. Disadvantages
• Behavioral objectives
have many advantages
if applied to curriculum
design, but they have
some limitations on
execution.
• the limitations of
choices of objectives.

8. Taiwan
Ban Chiao Model
• The goal of Ban Chiao Model is to help
children to develop good attitudes, behaviors,
and habits in their lives to carry into the future
as the basis for adapting to current society,
carrying out good national morals and ethics,
becoming the active life-long learners, and
being good citizens in their future.

9. For a clear understanding of the Ban Chiao
Model, they take into account three aspects
(Huang, 2000; Owe, 1998):
• Editorial basis
• Subject composition
• Total Objective

10. Students
Society
Subject
Temporary General Objective
Educational
Philosophy
Educational
Psychology
Precisely Specific Objective
Choosing Learning Experience
Organizing Learning Experience
Evaluating Learning Experience

11. The Pros and Cons of Ban Chiao
Model
Advantages
• Its contents and
materials show the
conceptualization,
spirituality, flexibility,
and diversity needed in
elementary schools.

12. Disadvantages
• As these objectives
show, the ideal of this
curriculum is somewhat
unrealistic and
idealistic. Therefore, it
easily becomes difficult
to implement.
• It cannot show its own
unique character since
it is somewhat similar
to other models.
• Ban Chiao model puts
its highest emphasis on
the basis of social
science, it should define
its educational goals
based on the
fundamentals of social
science.

13. Conclusions
• Developing curriculum materials creates an
opportunity for teachers to learn within their
daily routine or develop strategies for
standards-based, integrated instruction.
• Good educational programmes have a wellplanned curriculum.