The document outlines various aspects of curriculum including types, classroom curricula, planning, development, design, and evaluation methods. It describes different curriculum types such as traditional, thematic, and programmed curricula, as well as written, hidden, and electronic curricula. Additionally, it discusses the importance of curriculum evaluation and the roles of internal and external evaluations in educational effectiveness.

1. An Introduction

2. CURRICULUM
• A prescribed course.
• Offered in all schools.
• Present and designed differently for all
student levels.

3. BASIC CONTENT
General Courses
Specific Courses
Degree or Certification

4. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY VS. HIGHER
EDUCATION
Primary and
Secondary
Education
Higher
Education

5. TYPES OF CURRICULUM
1. Traditional Curriculum
• Text-book-Workbook approach.
• Focuses on grades.

6. TYPES OF CURRICULUM
2. Thematic Unit Study
• Integrated study.
• More focused on academics based on
the student’s interests.

7. TYPES OF CURRICULUM
3. Programmed
• Self-paced; based on the student’s
desired pacing.
• Little direction from teachers or tutors.

8. TYPES OF CURRICULUM
4. Classical
• This coincides with the child’s cognitive
development.
• Involves the TRIVIUM of learning.

9. TRIVIUM OF LEARNING
Grammar
Stage
Dialectic Stage
Rhetoric Stage

10. TYPES OF CLASSROOM CURRICULUM
1. Written Curriculum
• Published part of formal education.
• Includes the following:
a. Objectives b. Course guides c. Lesson
plans and course material d. grading
criteria

11. TYPES OF CLASSROOM CURRICULUM
2. Hidden Curriculumm
• Based on norms and values of
the educational institute.
• Gives prioritize to certain
subjects.

12. TYPES OF CLASSROOM CURRICULUM
3. Null curriculum
• Material and subjects not taught
in the class.

13. TYPES OF CLASSROOM CURRICULUM
4. Tested curriculum
• Body information on which
students will be tested.

14. TYPES OF CLASSROOM CURRICULUM
5. Electronic curriculum
• Internet-based
• Focused on critical thinking

15. CURRICULUM VS. SYLLABUS
• Guideline or outline.
• Given upon request.
• Break down of ideas.
• Suggested presentation.
• Measure of effectiveness.
• Designed by school.
curriculum
• Descriptive course list.
• Given during class.
• Overview of class.
• Made and designed by teachers.
syllabus

16. CURRICULUM PLANNING
•A process where a teacher
builds a class curriculum
through coordinating with
school boards in order to
achieve uniform goals.

17. CURRICULUM PLANNING
What is a curriculum plan?
• Helps with planning material. [Objective planning]
• Maintains uniformity.
• Mainly for Primary and Secondary levels.

18. PROCESS AND MAIN COMPONENTS
Planning is either basic or comprehensive.
1. Charts and Reports
2. Subject schedules
3. Topics to be discussed
4. Examinations, paperwork and
assessment.

19. MAIN COMPONENTS
FRAMING THE
CONTEXT
Implementing
the lessons
Evaluating
learning
Monitoring
progress
Planning the
lessons

20. ASSESSMENT OF SUCCESS
•How students
cope
By
Observation
• Complete
discussionSecurity

21. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
•Method of which teaching
organizations and training
institutes guide learning.
•Both inside and outside the
classroom.

22. FOUR ELEMENTS OF CURRICULUM DEV’T
Identification Planning
Evaluation
Practical
Application

23. ASPECTS OF CURRICULUM
•Programs of an educational institution.
•Majors, Concentrations, degree programs
•Faculty information.
Visible
•Welfare of the participants of the
curriculum.
•Student-centered/focused.
Invisible

24. LEVELS OF CURRICULUM
The Visible Aspect
• Academic
• Extra-curriculum
The Invisible Aspect
• Sub-curriculum
• Intra-curriculum
• Meta-curriculum

25. LEVELS OF CURRICULUM
1. Academic Curriculum
• Courses and subjects.
2. Extra-curriculum
• Amplifier of the academic curriculum.

26. LEVELS OF CURRICULUM
1. Sub-curricular
• Physical and emotional state of the
student.
2. Intra-curriculum
• Bias of certain aspects of a person’s
being.

27. LEVELS OF CURRICULUM
1. Sub-curricular
• Physical and emotional state of the
student.
2. Intra-curriculum
• Bias of certain aspects of a person’s
being.

28. LEVELS OF CURRICULUM
3. Meta-curriculum
• Funding, research quality, institutional
and environmental aspects.
• Also includes the spiritual aspect of the
curriculum.

29. CURRICULUM DESIGN
Often designed by
specialists and
professionals of
different expertise.
However adapted
by parents and
guardians who
homeschool their
children.

30. CURRICULUM DESIGN
Challenge and
Enjoyment
Progression
Depth

31. CURRICULUM DESIGN
Personalization
Coherence
Relevance

32. CURRICULUM EVALUATION
• Determining the worth of an entire
curriculum.
• Helps the policy-making bodies and
administrators in making decisions.
• Reference for people involved in the school
body.

33. TYPES OF EVALUATION
Diagnostic Evaluation
1. What needs to be improved?
2. Making decisions on how to improve them.
Formative Evaluation
1. Planning within the student body/personnel.
Summative Evaluation
1. Progress reports.
2. Reporting of findings and conclusions.

34. METHODS OF EVALUATION
1. External evaluation
•People from outside the
school system with various
expertise.

35. METHODS OF EVALUATION
Why is external evaluation needed?
1. Need for independence
2. Span of control
3. Legal requirements
4. Expertise of the people involved.

36. METHODS OF EVALUATION
1. Internal evaluation
•People from within the
student body or institution.
•Existing groups within the
system.

37. METHODS OF EVALUATION
Why is internal evaluation
needed?
•For centralization and
decentralization.

38. THE FOCUSES OF CURRICULUM
EVALUATION
Curriculum
development
Analysis of
outcomes
Monetary
resources
Analysis of
teaching
quality
Curriculum
Design

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