General science curriculum development is a purposeful and important activity that is undertaken to design educational objectives and experiences to meet changing student and societal needs. It involves conceptualizing content, selecting and organizing material, suggesting teaching methods, and evaluating learning outcomes. A well-developed general science curriculum provides clear goals, allows for continuous assessment and improvement, presents content in a rational developmental sequence, helps determine teaching and learning strategies, and aids in selecting meaningful learning experiences for students.

1. BY:- MR. PRAKASH YADAV
TOPIC-IMPORTANCE OF GENERAL SCIENCE
CURRICULUM

2. • Curriculum development describes all the ways in which teaching or training
organization plans and guides learning. This learning can take place in groups or
with individual learners. It can take place inside or outside the classroom. It can
take place in an institutional setting like school, college, training center, or in a
village or a field. It is central to the teaching-learning process.
• General science Curriculum development is a process involving activities like
(a)conceptualizing the curriculum,
(b)selecting and organizing the content, material and learning experiences
(C)suggesting the method and ways of providing these experiences
(d)Evaluating the learning outcomes in terms of attainment of desired educational
objectives.
IMPORTANCE OF GENERAL SCIENCE
CURRICULUM

3. • General science Curriculum development is a purposeful activity.
• It is undertaken to design or redesign for the realization of certain
specific educational objectives.
• The curriculum is the heart of the student’s college/school experience.
• General science curriculum should be reviewed and revised on a
regular basis so that it is able to serve the changing needs of both
students and society.
• The following points iterate the needs and importance of curriculum
development.

4. • Clear purpose and goals:- general science Curriculum construction provide written curricular goals which
are nothing but intended student development outcomes. These goals and objectives are specified in
considerable detail and in behavioral language.
• Continuous assessment and improvement of quality:- Valid and reliable assessment of the curriculum is
necessary. The curriculum followed by an institution should be reviewed regularly in order to maintain it’s
effectiveness in regards to the changing needs of the society as a whole.
• A rational sequence:- In a curriculum educational activities are carefully ordered in a developmental
sequence. This developmental sequence helps to form a well planned (or coherent)curriculum based on
intended goals and outcomes of the curriculum and its constituent courses.
• Making strategy in teaching and learning:- Curriculum development helps in suggesting suitable teaching-
learning strategies, teaching methods, instructional materials, etc. It helps in providing for the proper
implementation of the curriculum on the part of teachers and learners.
• Helps in the selection of learning experiences:- Curriculum development is needed for appropriate selection
and organization of learning experiences. It helps in the selection of study matter and other activities so that
learners are able to acquire goals and objectives of teaching.

5. • Concept mapping is a great way to build upon previous knowledge by
connecting new information back to it. This post explores the uses of
concept mapping and provides tools for creating concept maps on the
computer.
• A concept map is a visual organization and representation of knowledge. It
shows concepts and ideas and the relationships among them. You create a
concept map by writing key words (sometimes enclosed in shapes such as
circles, boxes, triangles, etc.) and then drawing arrows between the ideas
that are related. Then you add a short explanation by the arrow to explain
how the concepts are related.
Concept Mapping

6. • Helps visual learners grasp the material (however all learners benefit from the
activity)
• Helps students see relationships between ideas, concepts, or authors
• Utilizes the full range of the left and right hemispheres of the brain
• Helps memory recall
• Helps to clarify and structure ideas
• Aids in developing higher-level thinking skills (create, analyze, evaluate)
• Helps students synthesize and integrate information, ideas and concepts
• Encourages students to think creatively about the subject
• Lets students do self-evaluation of beliefs, values, socialization, etc.
• Helps students evaluate assumptions.
There are several benefits of using concept
maps A concept map:-

7. • FOR EXAMPLE:-