Introduction to curriculum development and instruction,
AIOU Course Code 838
Basic introduction
curriculum development
Master in Education course
M.Ed Course 838
Curriculum
Meaning, Definition and Nature
Dictionary meaning of the word curriculum stands for ‘chariot for racing’.
Derived from the Latin word ‘currere’.
The Chariot takes us from what we are to what we shall be.
According to Secondary Education Commission (1952-53) “Curriculum does not mean only the academic subjects traditionally taught in the school, but it includes the totality of the experiences that learner receives through the manifold activities that go in the school, in the classroom, library, laboratory, workshop, playground and in the numerous informal contacts between the teacher and the learners”.
According to Cunningham “Curriculum is the tool in the hands of the artist (the teacher) to mould his material (the students) according to his ideals (aims and objectives) in his studio (the school)”.
According to Krug “Curriculum is subject matter content which is taught to a person in order to educate him”.
According to Kerr “Curriculum comprises all the course offered to the learner which is planned and guided by the school, whether it is carried on in groups or individually, inside or outside the school”.
According to Crow and Crow “Curriculum includes all the learners’ experience which the child gets under the guidance of a teacher, in or outside school, that are included in the programme which has been devised to help him develop mentally, physically, emotionally, socially, spiritually and morally”.
According to Saylor and Alexander “Curriculum is the Environment in which the education takes place”.
According to Saylor, Alexander and Lewis “Curriculum is planned opportunities for learning for persons to be educated”.
According to Smith “Curriculum deals with the learning outcomes which are to be achieved through instruction or experience”.
Nature
Curriculum is a means to achieve some end.
Curriculum is a series of experiences.
Curriculum is a process of living.
Curriculum is a dynamic process.
Curriculum helps in the development of a balanced personality
Curriculum and the society are interrelated and inter-dependent.
Introduction to curriculum development and instruction,
AIOU Course Code 838
Basic introduction
curriculum development
Master in Education course
M.Ed Course 838
Curriculum
Meaning, Definition and Nature
Dictionary meaning of the word curriculum stands for ‘chariot for racing’.
Derived from the Latin word ‘currere’.
The Chariot takes us from what we are to what we shall be.
According to Secondary Education Commission (1952-53) “Curriculum does not mean only the academic subjects traditionally taught in the school, but it includes the totality of the experiences that learner receives through the manifold activities that go in the school, in the classroom, library, laboratory, workshop, playground and in the numerous informal contacts between the teacher and the learners”.
According to Cunningham “Curriculum is the tool in the hands of the artist (the teacher) to mould his material (the students) according to his ideals (aims and objectives) in his studio (the school)”.
According to Krug “Curriculum is subject matter content which is taught to a person in order to educate him”.
According to Kerr “Curriculum comprises all the course offered to the learner which is planned and guided by the school, whether it is carried on in groups or individually, inside or outside the school”.
According to Crow and Crow “Curriculum includes all the learners’ experience which the child gets under the guidance of a teacher, in or outside school, that are included in the programme which has been devised to help him develop mentally, physically, emotionally, socially, spiritually and morally”.
According to Saylor and Alexander “Curriculum is the Environment in which the education takes place”.
According to Saylor, Alexander and Lewis “Curriculum is planned opportunities for learning for persons to be educated”.
According to Smith “Curriculum deals with the learning outcomes which are to be achieved through instruction or experience”.
Nature
Curriculum is a means to achieve some end.
Curriculum is a series of experiences.
Curriculum is a process of living.
Curriculum is a dynamic process.
Curriculum helps in the development of a balanced personality
Curriculum and the society are interrelated and inter-dependent.
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2. Curriculum always
develops in relation to…
• The nature of the subject matter
• The nature of society
• The nature of the individual
– Understanding of what it means to be a
human person
3. • The key point is the realization that
the history of curriculum parallels
the whole of human history
• How at a given point in time, society
reflected the understandings of what
it means to be a human person and
what subject matter counts to be
this human person
5. • The Romans developed the Trivium:
– Grammar
– Rhetoric
– Dialectic
– The Trivium and Quadrivium plus
Philosophy and Theology (considered the
Mother of all knowledge) become the
Liberal Arts in the Middle Ages
6. Herbert Spencer
(1820 - 1903)
• Social Darwinist
– Coined the phrase “survival of the
fittest”
– 1859 – “What Knowledge is of Most
Worth?”
• The most central question to curriculum
development
• Along with….
• Why is this knowledge worthwhile?
• How is this knowledge acquired or created?
7. In United States:
• Committee of Ten 1893
– Determines the structure of secondary
school curriculum by stating subjects
and how much time to spend on each
subject
8. First Secondary School
Year
• Latin (5 periods a week)
• English Literature (2)
• English composition (2)
• German or French (5)
• Algebra (4)
• History of Italy, Spain and France (3)
• Applied Geography (European political-continental
and oceanic flora and fauna) (4)
9. Fourth Secondary School
Year
• Latin (4)
• Greek (4)
• English Literature (2)
• English composition (2)
• English grammar (1)
• German (4)
• French (4)
• Trigonometry and higher algebra (2)
• Chemistry (4)
• History and civil government (3)
• Geology 4, first half year)
• Anatomy, physiology and hygiene (4 second half year)
10. Committee of Fifteen -
1895
• Sets Primary School Curriculum
• Determines 8 years of primary
education
• Stating subjects and how much time
to spend on each subject for each
grade level
11. 3rd Year
• Reading – 5 lessons a week
• Writing – 5 lessons a week
• English Grammar – Oral exercises
• Arithmetic – 5 lessons a week
• Geography – 5 lessons a week
• Natural science & hygiene -60 minutes a week
• Physical Culture – 60 minutes a week
• Vocal Music – 60 minutes a week
• Drawing – 60 minutes a week
12. 8th Year
• Reading – 5 lessons a week
• Latin – 5 lessons
• Algebra – 5 lessons a week
• Geography – 3 lessons a week
• Natural science & hygiene – 60 minutes a week
• US Constitution – 5 lessons a week
• Vocal Music – 60 minutes a week
• Drawing – 60 minutes a week
• Manual Training (Woodwork, welding) or Sewing
and Cookery - one-half day each week
14. Curriculum Models
• Are based on a body of
theory about teaching &
learning.
• Are targeted to needs &
characteristics of a
particular group of
learners.
• Outline approaches,
methods & procedures for
implementation.
15. • Development" describes the process
of curriculum-making.
• "Design" describes the end result,
or the product of curriculum
development.
16. The Tyler Model of
Curriculum Design
Ralph Tyler (1902 – 1994)
• The nature & structure of
knowledge
• The needs of the society
• The needs of the learner
17. Curriculum Development
Process
• Philosophy of Education
• Goals & Aims
• General Instructional Objectives
• Specific Instructional Objectives &
Outcomes
• Task Analysis & Content Selection
• Learning Activities
22. What educational purposes
should the school seek to
attain?
• What aims, goals, and objectives
should be sought?
• Objectives should become the
criteria for selecting materials,
content outlined, instructional
strategies, and assessments.
23. Curriculum Objectives
• Statements about student outcomes
• Should be measurable with an assessment
tool.
• Can be worded in broad statements but
should indicate what kind of specific
behaviors are to be attained
• Utilize verbs from taxonomies of learning
(Bloom, Bloom Revised, Marzano & Kendall)
• Utilize objects from subject matter
24. The Nature & Structure
of Knowledge
Selection of subject matter
Organization of subject matter
or discipline
Theoretical basis of methods &
approaches
25. • What educational experiences
can be provided that are
likely to attain these
purposes?
26. Selection of Subject Matter
Criteria: Relevance,
importance, priority
Scope: Amount, depth
of coverage,
concentration
Sequence: Hierarchy
& progression of
complexity or
difficulty
30. The Needs of Society
Literacy
Vocational skills
Social order &
morality
Interpersonal skills
Transmission of
values & culture
Creativity &
innovation
31. How can these experiences
be organized?
# Discrete subjects
or courses
# Broad fields or
disciplines
# Core or
interdisciplinary
# Skills or processes
# Projects &
activities
32. • Grade level
• Sequencing of content
• Integration
• Effective
• Efficient
• Instructional Strategies
• Time
33. How can we determine
whether these purposes are
being attained?
• What student needs were not met?
• Were the objectives met?
• How can the curriculum be modified
to meet the unmet needs and
objectives?
34. • Is the curriculum balanced and sequences
properly?
• What additional resources are needed?
• How will we know that the students
learned the content or attained the
objectives?
• What will we do for those students who
did not learn or attain the objectives?
35. • Source:
– Tyler, Ralph W. (1949). Basic Principles
of Curriculum and Instruction. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press.
37. The Taba Model of Curriculum
Design
Hilda Taba (1902 – 1967)
• Diagnosing Needs
• Formulating specific objectives
• Selecting content
• Organizing content
• Selecting learning experiences
• Evaluating
• Checking for balancing and sequence
38. Formulation of
Objectives
• Basic knowledge
– Concepts and generalizations
• Thinking
– Concept formation
– Inductive development of generalizations
– Application of principles
• Attitudes, feelings and sensitivities
• Academic and social skills
39. Selection and
Organization of Content
• Basic concepts
• Main ideas
• Specific facts
• Patterns for organizing content
40. Selection and Organization
of Learning Experiences
• Sequence of learning experiences for
cognitive development
• Sequence of learning experiences for
affective development
42. Four Taba Strategies
• Concept Development
• Interpretation of Data
• Application of Generalization
• Resolution of Conflict
43. Questions teachers should
ask themselves to ensure
learning
• How should facts be identified for
mastery?
• What knowledge is most lasting?
• How is content to be used for
application?
• How can achievement be best
assessed?
44. Taba’s philosophical ideas
of curriculum development
and design
• The renovation of curricula and
programs is not a short effort but a
long process.
45. • The development of new curricula and
programs is more effective, if it is based
on the principles of democratic guidance
and on the well founded distribution of
work.
• The emphasis is on the partnership based
on competence and not on administration.
46. Notion of spiral
curriculum
• Believes inductive teaching strategies
should be used to develop concepts,
generalizations, and applicationsใ
• Three levels of content organization
– Key ideas
– Organizational ideas
– Facts
47. Thinking can be Taught
• Thinking is an active transaction
between the individual and data
• The processes of thought evolve by a
sequence that is lawful
48. Exemplars
• Taba Program in Social Sciences
Grades 1 – 7 (1960)
• High School Geography Project
(1970)
• Man: A Course of Study (1970)
49. • Source:
Taba, Hilda. (1962). Curriculum
Development Theory and Practice. New
York: Harcourt, Bruce & World, Inc.
50. Practical Model
of Curriculum Design
Joseph Schwab (1909 – 1988)
• The Practical: A Language for Curriculum
(1969)
• The Practical: Arts of the Eclectic (1971)
• The Practical: Translation into Curriculum
(1973)
• The Practical: Something for Curriculum
Professors to Do (1983)
51. Common Places
of Curriculum
• The situations which give rise to
curriculum problems invariably involve
four components:
– Subject Matter
– Learner (Student)
– Teacher
– Milieu
52. • Someone (a teacher) is teaching
something (subject matter) to
someone else (a student) in a network
of social and cultural contexts
(milieu).
53. • Schwab cautions against focusing primarily
on the subject matter or content
• Schwab’s “practical” respected the
rigorous work of classroom teachers and
administrators who did not have the luxury
of creating knowledge but decide how to
teach the knowledge in action with the
learners in a concrete situation in place
and time.
54. • “Curriculum is what is successfully
conveyed to differing degrees to
different students, by committed
teachers using appropriate materials
and actions in the teaching of
specific group of students.”
56. Mastery Learning Model
Madeleine Hunter (1916 – 1994)
Design for Lesson (Unit) Plan
• Objectives
– Before the lesson (unit) is prepared, the
teacher should have a clear idea of what
the objectives are.
57. Standards
• The teacher needs to know what
standards of performance are to be
expected and when pupils will be held
accountable for what is expected.
• The pupils should be informed about
the standards of performance.
58. Anticipatory Set
• To put students into a receptive frame of
mind
• To focus student attention on the lesson
• To create an organizing framework for the
ideas, principles, or information that is to
follow
• To extend the understanding and the
application of abstract ideas through the
use of example or analogy
59. Teaching/Presentation
• Input
– The teacher provides the information
needed for students to gain the
knowledge or skill through lecture,
media: visual and audial, pictures, etc.
60. • Modeling
– Once the material has been presented,
the teacher uses it to show students
examples of what is expected as an end
product of their work.
– The critical aspects are explained
through labeling, categorizing, and
comparing.
61. Checking for
Understanding
• Determination of whether the students
have “got it” before proceeding
• It is essential that students practice doing
it right so that the teacher must know
that the students understand before
proceeding to practice
• If there is any doubt that the class has
not understood, the concept/skill should
be re-taught before practice begins.
62. Guided Practice
• An opportunity for each student to
demonstrate grasp of new learning by
working through an activity or exercise
under the teacher’s direct supervision
• The teacher moves around the room to
determine the level of mastery and to
provide additional remediation as needed
63. Closure
• Those actions or statements by a teacher
that are designed to bring a lesson
presentation to an appropriate conclusion
• Used to help students bring things
together in their own minds, to make sense
out of what has just been taught
64. Closure is used
• To cue students to the fact that
they have arrived at an important
point in the lesson or unit
• To help organize student learning
• To help form a coherent picture
• To reinforce the major points to be
learned
65. Independent Practice
• Once students have mastered the content
or skill, it is time to provide for
reinforcement practice
• It is provided on a repeating schedule so
that the learning is not forgotten
• It may be homework or group or individul
work in the class
66. Some Examples of
Contemporary Curriculum
Design Models
The Thoughtful Classroom Model
http://www.thoughtfulclassroom.com/i
ndex.php
67.
68. Big Picture Learning
• Big Picture Learning believes that high school
graduates must know how to reason, problem-
solve, and be active members of the community.
• At Big Picture Learning schools, there is no canon
of information that all students must know. In a
world where available information is growing
exponentially, we believe that the most important
thing a student needs to know is how to learn.
• Integral to the Big Picture Learning design are
our five Learning Goals, a framework for looking
at concepts, skills, and abilities and help guide the
creation of personalized student curriculum.
69. The five Learning Goals
are:
• Empirical Reasoning
• Quantitative Reasoning
• Communication
• Social Reasoning
• Personal Qualities
– http://www.bigpicture.org/
70. Curriculum Integration
• An integration is a philosophy of
teaching in which content is drawn
from several subject areas to focus
on a particular topic or theme.
71. Understanding by Design
• Stage 1: Identify desired outcomes and
results.
• Stage 2: Determine what constitutes
acceptable evidence of competency in the
outcomes and results (assessment).
• Stage 3: Plan instructional strategies and
learning experiences that bring students
to these competency levels.