THE PROCESS OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
APPROACHES TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT:
The Academic approach :
• Curriculum development is structured, based on academic reasoning and logic.
• Curriculum experts make decisions on :
• Setting goals and objectives.
• Selecting and organising content
• Designing teaching methods.
• Evaluating outcomes.
Goals should balance :
• Learners needs
• Society’s demands.
• Subject content
Delivering structured, subject -based Knowledge and fostering intellectual growth.
The Experiential Approach :
• Dewey is regarded as the father of this approach.
• Model is subjective, personal, experiential
• Emphasizes teachers and leamers and their cooperative decisions on the
curriculum.
• Makes use of unstructured programmes.
• Personal feelings, values and experiences are regarded as essential curriculum
aspects.
• Child centred, activity - oriented
• Belief - people only learn when meaning is attached
The Technological Approach :
• Influenced by large-scale technological advances
" eg: use of technological tools in education
• Focus on analytical, systems- based instructional planning.
Key steps:
• Analyse needs, set priorities, define objectives
• Select content that aligns with objectives.
• Design instructional procedures and learning activities.
APPROACHES TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT:
The Academic approach :
• Curriculum development is structured, based on academic reasoning and logic.
• Curriculum experts make decisions on :
• Setting goals and objectives.
• Selecting and organising content
• Designing teaching methods.
• Evaluating outcomes.
Goals should balance :
• Learners needs
• Society’s demands.
• Subject content
Delivering structured, subject -based Knowledge and fostering intellectual growth.
The Experiential Approach :
• Dewey is regarded as the father of this approach.
• Model is subjective, personal, experiential
• Emphasizes teachers and leamers and their cooperative decisions on the
curriculum.
• Makes use of unstructured programmes.
• Personal feelings, values and experiences are regarded as essential curriculum
aspects.
• Child centred, activity - oriented
• Belief - people only learn when meaning is attached
The Technological Approach :
• Influenced by large-scale technological advances
" eg: use of technological tools in education
• Focus on analytical, systems- based instructional planning.
Key steps:
• Analyse needs, set priorities, define objectives
• Select content that aligns with objectives.
• Design instructional procedures and learning activities.
