[Date]
CSP4801
Assignment 3
2024
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
, CSP4801 Assignment 3 2024
1. Summarise the main ideas of the positivist, interpretivist, critical and post-
structuralist curriculum as set out in chapter 1 of your textbook. Present your
answer in table format. (25) Marking guide: Criteria Description Marks
Understanding of Positivist Curriculum Demonstrates a comprehensive
understanding, accurately summarising main ideas with clear examples 5
Understanding of Interpretivist Curriculum Provides a thorough and nuanced
summary, including relevant examples and key concepts 5 Understanding of
Critical Curriculum Offers an in-depth summary, effectively capturing key
concepts and their implications 5 Understanding of Post-Structuralist
Curriculum Provides a detailed and precise summary, accurately presenting
complex ideas and their implications 5 Overall Presentation and Clarity
Presents information in a highly organised and coherent manner, with clear
distinctions between different curriculum approaches 5 Total Marks 25
To create a table summarizing the main ideas of the positivist, interpretivist, critical,
and post-structuralist curriculum approaches, here is a structured presentation:
Curriculum Examples and Key Concepts
Main Ideas
Approach
Emphasizes empirical - Focus on objective facts and
observation, quantitative data.<br>- Experimental
Positivist
measurement, and methods in research.<br>- Deductive
Curriculum
verification of reasoning.
knowledge.
- Qualitative research methods like
Focuses on interviews and participant
understanding observation.<br>- Hermeneutics and
Interpretivist
meanings and phenomenology.<br>- Emphasis on
Curriculum
subjective experiences understanding social phenomena from
in context. insiders' perspectives.
Critiques societal - Challenges dominant ideologies and
Critical norms and power inequalities.<br>- Advocates for social
Curriculum structures, aiming for justice and emancipation.<br>- Freire's
social transformation. critical pedagogy.
CSP4801
Assignment 3
2024
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
, CSP4801 Assignment 3 2024
1. Summarise the main ideas of the positivist, interpretivist, critical and post-
structuralist curriculum as set out in chapter 1 of your textbook. Present your
answer in table format. (25) Marking guide: Criteria Description Marks
Understanding of Positivist Curriculum Demonstrates a comprehensive
understanding, accurately summarising main ideas with clear examples 5
Understanding of Interpretivist Curriculum Provides a thorough and nuanced
summary, including relevant examples and key concepts 5 Understanding of
Critical Curriculum Offers an in-depth summary, effectively capturing key
concepts and their implications 5 Understanding of Post-Structuralist
Curriculum Provides a detailed and precise summary, accurately presenting
complex ideas and their implications 5 Overall Presentation and Clarity
Presents information in a highly organised and coherent manner, with clear
distinctions between different curriculum approaches 5 Total Marks 25
To create a table summarizing the main ideas of the positivist, interpretivist, critical,
and post-structuralist curriculum approaches, here is a structured presentation:
Curriculum Examples and Key Concepts
Main Ideas
Approach
Emphasizes empirical - Focus on objective facts and
observation, quantitative data.<br>- Experimental
Positivist
measurement, and methods in research.<br>- Deductive
Curriculum
verification of reasoning.
knowledge.
- Qualitative research methods like
Focuses on interviews and participant
understanding observation.<br>- Hermeneutics and
Interpretivist
meanings and phenomenology.<br>- Emphasis on
Curriculum
subjective experiences understanding social phenomena from
in context. insiders' perspectives.
Critiques societal - Challenges dominant ideologies and
Critical norms and power inequalities.<br>- Advocates for social
Curriculum structures, aiming for justice and emancipation.<br>- Freire's
social transformation. critical pedagogy.
