EDU402 Official Handouts

Curriculum Development (EDU 402)

Table of Contents:

Lesson 01 Introduction to Curriculum (Topic 1-7) Lesson 02 Purpose and Scope of Curriculum (Topic 8-12) Lesson 03 Curriculum Domains (Topic 13-21) Lesson 04 Foundations of Curriculum I (Topic 22-31) Lesson 05 Foundations of Curriculum II (Topic 32-38) Lesson 06 Types of Curriculum (Topic 39-43) Lesson 07 Paradigms of Curriculum (Topic 45-48) Lesson 08 Social Diagnosis for Curriculum Development I (Topic 49-54) Lesson 09 Social Diagnosis for Curriculum Development II (Topic 55-59) Lesson 10 Culture and the Curriculum I (Topic 60-63) Lesson 11 Culture and the Curriculum I (Topic 64-69) Lesson 12 Social Stratification of Communities (Topic 70-75) Lesson 13 Community Changes and Curriculum (Topic 76-78) Lesson 14 Educational Purposes and School I (Topic 79-83) Lesson 15 Educational Purposes and School II (Topic 84-87) Lesson 16 Educational Purposes and School III (Topic 88-92) Lesson 17 Educational Purposes and School IV (Topic 93-99) Lesson 18 Educational Purposes and School V (Topic 100-106) Lesson 19 Educational Purposes and School VI (Topic 107-112) Lesson 20 Educational Purposes and School VII (Topic 113-118) Lesson 21 Educational Purposes and School VIII (Topic 119-124) Lesson 22 Educational Purposes and School IX (Topic 125-130) Lesson 23 Ways of Stating Objectives (Topic 131-134) Lesson 24 Introduction to Learning Experiences (Topic135-138) Lesson 25 Principles of LE’s (Topic 139-142) Lesson 26 Lessons for Curriculum Developers (Topic 143-146) Lesson 27 Lessons for Curriculum Developers …. Cont. (Topic 147-150) Lesson 28 LE’s Organization I (Topic151 -157) Lesson 29 LE’s Organization II (Topic 158-165) Lesson 30 LE’s Organization III (Topic 166-168) Lesson 31 Organizing Process (Topic 169-173) Lesson 32 Source Plan I (Topic 174-176) Lesson 33 Source Plan II (Topic 177-180) Lesson 34 LEs Evaluation I (Topic 181-183) Lesson 35 LEs Evaluation II (Topic 184-185) Lesson 36 LEs Evaluation III (Topic 186-188) Lesson 37 Steps for LEs Evaluation (Topic 189-191) Lesson 38 Developing Evaluation Instruments (Topic 192-195) Lesson 39 Using Results of Evaluation (Topic 196-200) Lesson 40 Curriculum Building, I (Topic 201-204) Lesson 41 Curriculum Building II (Topic 205-209) Lesson 42 Learning Theories – Operation in Tyler’s Model (Topic 210-213) Lesson 43 Taxonomy of Objectives (Topic214-215) Lesson 44 Curriculum Designs (Topic 216-219) Lesson 45 Operationalizing the Curriculum Development Process (Topic 220-222)

Lesson No. 1 · INTRODUCTION TO CURRICULUM · Topic 1: Introduction

What

Why How

In this Lesson we will focus on the “What, Why and how of the curriculum”.

What is Curriculum and why we are using this term?

Basically, curriculum is not an objective word. It is a broad term. In our overall course we will focus on these three areas:

1. The field perspectives about curriculum · - Nature Views · 2. Paradigm · - Curriculum development · 3. Practice

The basic questions of curriculum are:

Q1. What type of knowledge is worthwhile?

Q2. Why is it worthwhile?

Q3. How is it acquired?

These questions are the backbone for developing/preparing the curriculum for

different subjects.

Educational Practices that will be included in the curriculum:

4. Textbook writing
5. Resource materials
6. Activities for students
7. Financial planning
8. Educational research

Topic 2: Nature of Curriculum

Curriculum – Word is derived from “Latin” language that means:

 A racecourse ·  A prescribed course to follow ·  A series of courses to complete a program of studies

Most modern definition of curriculum shared in 1920 says that

“Curriculum is a process not a product”.

Curriculum includes: topics, syllabus, list of subjects, course of study, content, method,

and items of knowledge to be covered, time table, organization of teaching and learning.