This document outlines different approaches to curriculum design, including subject-centered, discipline, correlation, broad field/interdisciplinary, and learner-centered designs. Subject-centered design focuses on textbook content for specific subjects. Discipline design focuses on academic disciplines. Correlation design links subjects to reduce fragmentation. Broad field design prevents compartmentalization by integrating related contents. Learner-centered designs make the learner the center, including child-centered, experience-centered, and humanistic approaches that focus on the needs, interests, experiences and self-direction of the learner.

2. APPROACHES
TO CURRICULUM
DESIGN
SUBJECT
CENTERED
SUBJECT
DESIGN
DISCIPLINE
DESIGN
CORRELATION
DESIGN BROAD FIELD/
INTERDISCIPLINARY
DESIGN
LEARNER-
CENTERED
CHILD-
CENTERED
EXPERIENCE-
CENTERED
HUMANISTIC

3. HORIZONTAL the direction of the curriculum
elements is sideways.
Social studies moves horizontally along
History, Geography, civics and Culture

4. VERTICAL the sequence of the curriculum
elements follow a vertical design
family-community-living things-plants
and animals

5. SUBJECT-CENTERED DESIGN MODEL
Focuses on the content of the curriculum
Corresponds to textbooks, written for
specific subject

6. Henry Morrison William Harris

7. Examples of Subject-centered Design
Subject
design
Oldest and so far
the most familiar
design for
teachers, parents
and other laymen
It is easy to
deliver
Sometimes learning
is so
compartmentalized

8. DISCIPLINE DESIGN
Focuses on the academic discipline
Often used in college, but not in
elementary and secondary levels.

9. CORRELATION DESIGN
Comes fro a core,
correlated
curriculum design
that links separate
subject designs in
order to reduce
fragmentation
Subjects are related to
one another but each
subject maintains its
identity

10. Broad Field Design
A variation of the subject-centered design
Made to prevent compartmentalization of
subjects and integrate the contents that are
related to each other

11. LEARNER-CENTERED DESIGN
Learner is the center of
the educative process
This emphasis is very strong in
elementary levels

12. Child-
centered
Design
Anchored on
the needs and
interests of
the child
One
learns by
doing
Learner
engages with
his/her
environment

13. DEWEY ROUSSEAU PESTALLOZI FROEBEL

14. • Child remains to be
the focus
• The interest and the
needs of the learners
cannot be pre-planned
• Experiences are the
starting point of the
curriculum
• Learners are made to
choose from the various
activities
Experience-
centered
Design

16. ABRAHAM MASLOW

17. CARL ROGERS
a person can enhance self-
directed learning by improving
self understanding and basic
attitudes to guide behavior

18. REPORTED BY:
NORMAN V. LUCENA
BSED IV-E BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
EDUCATION 10
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
PROF. JOSEFINA DE JESUS