EDU402 Midterm Subjective and Objective Paper

Curriculum History – Topic 14

Curriculum History is a process of analyzing, describing and interpreting thoughts and practices of curriculum in the past

Primitive society - Topic 50

• Family influence upon conduct & modes of thinking

• Informal learning by interacting with adults in daily activities

Curriculum as intended learning outcomes - Topic 6

Curriculum should focus on the intended learning outcomes – which shifts emphasis form means to ends. Intended learning outcomes are a convenient way to specify purposes. Purposes no longer remain stated in such global rhetoric as, “an appreciation for our cultural heritage.” Instead a structural series of outcomes is set forth; all activities, teaching, and environmental design serve the acquisition of specified end.

Curriculum as cultural reproduction - Topic 6

Curriculum in any society or culture is/ should be a reflection of that culture. Schooling is meant to reproduce salient knowledge and values for succeeding generation. The community, state, or nation takes the lead in identifying the skills, knowledge and appreciations to be taught. It is job of professional educators to see that they are transformed into curriculum that can be delivered to children and youth.

Methods for students learning - Topic 92 · Interest · Test · Community Records · Examination of school record · Teachers/ staff Participation · Student Participation · Functions in curriculum design - Topic 17 · Two important functions performed in curriculum design are: · 1. Analysis · 2. Curriculum Creation · Ways of stating objectives - Topic 130 · Objectives as Activities to be done by Teachers · Objectives as Topics, Concepts, Content or Generalizations · Objectives as Generalized Patterns of Behaviors · Objectives with Intended Behavior & Area of Application · Characteristic of humanism curriculum

Humanism develops self-actualized people in a cooperative supportive environment.

Learner centered, Needs teacher to be a facilitator

What is community record? - Topic 92

• Child mortality,
• Frequency of occurrence of any disease with reference to health condition,
• Various types of social data by community etc.

Descriptive type of theories - Topic 13

Descriptive Theory focuses upon:

‘Reality’ that can be modeled so that we know its salient features as

 Explain ·  Predict and ·  Control curricular activity & ·  Behavior · Role of objectives in curriculum development - Topic 79

These become criteria for the selection of the materials, identification of content, development of the methods of teaching and preparation of tests and exams. All these aspects of educational programs are means to achieve basic educational purposes

Names of Doll’s classifications names? - Topic 45 · William Doll (1993) defined following curricular paradigms: · • Pre-Modern · • Modern · • Postmodern · Common education curriculum - Topic 62

It is concerned with the problem of maintaining the society as a closely knit & well integrated unit

Characteristics of common education curriculum - Topic 61 · Common Education will be/ is based on the: · • Universal elements of the culture

• Aspects of the specialties that are of general concern.

Explain curriculum as a subject matter - Topic 5

Curriculum as a Subject Matter or Content includes the following areas of focus:

• Program of Planned Activities · • Intended Learning Outcome · • Cultural Reproduction · • Experience · • Discrete Tasks and Concepts · • Agenda for Social Reconstruction · • “Carrere” – a Lived Experience · Reconstructionism - Topic 30 · Reconstructionism is about: · • Change & reform · • Rebuilding of social & cultural infrastructures · Modern definition of curriculum - Topic 2

Most modern definition of curriculum shared in 1920 says that

“Curriculum is a process not a product”.

Laments of special pattern of culture - Topic 72

Each individual takes on elements of special pattern of culture characterizing his social class.

Difference b/w society and culture - Topic 53

Society is a group of organized individuals who think of themselves as a distinct Group. A society is composed of people. A culture consists of the things the people have learned to: do, believe, value, Enjoy & so on in the course of their history.

(Society & culture are not identical) · Why psychology of learning is important - Topic 125 · It is useful: · 1. Different levels (lower, higher) · 2. Grade placement · 3. Conditions requisite for learning · Types of curriculum · Major types of curriculum are: · • Explicit/Overt/Written · • Implicit/Covert/Hidden · • Null · • Co-curricular/Extra- curricular · Contemporary Life (CL) - Topic 96 · • Advanced · • Modern · • Up to date · • Existing

What is the basis of family?

The pattern of the family is always shaped by the total cultural pattern. In a family place of the woman, the way children are treated and several other characteristics in a given time and place go back to the spirit, ideals and behavior pattern of culture all are included

Urban Family

The work is no longer done in common. Urban family is not a producing unit; it is a consuming unit (mostly). Father’s work place away from home, Mother is also employed outside the home (mostly) or confined to keeping of house and preparing meals. Children have few responsibilities except for assisting mothers. Domestic conveniences and labor saving devices this responsibility is reduced in many families almost to vanishing point

What difficulties are teacher faced in various kind of comprehensive investigation?

Teachers face with three strategies: active learning, inquiry learning, and service learning