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CURRICULUM STUDIES
Tutorial 3:
Group work
Chapter 6: Curriculum
Sources of
curriculum
Design
design
Knowled
ge
Learner
Moral
doctrine
Society
Scope
Sequence
Design dimension
consideration
Continuity
Integratio
n
Articulatio
n
Balance
Science
Design
Subject centered
- Subject
Discipline
Broad-fields
Correlation
-
Process
Learner centered
- Child centered
- Experiencecentered
-
Radical
Humanistic
Problem centered
- Life-situation
Curricular
emphasis
Separate subjects
Scholarly discipline
Interdisciplinary &
scholarly discipline
Separate subjects,
discipline linked but
separate identities
maintained
Generic ways of
information
processing
Childs interest &
needs
Childs experiences
& interest
Childs experiences
& interest
Experiences,
interest, needs of
person & group
Life problem
Underlying
philosophy
Source
Essentialism,
perennalism
Essentialism,
perennalism
Essentialism,
progressivism
Progressivism,
Essentialism
Science, knowledge
Progressivism
Psychology,
knowledge
Progressivism
Progressivism
Child
Child
Reconstructionism
Reconstructionism &
existentialism
Reconstructionism
Society
Knowledge, science
Knowledge, society
Knowledge
Chapter 8: Curriculum
Implementation
The purpose of curriculum development
is to make change.
Innovation must be
manageable and
feasible for average
teacher.
-can be conducted.
Planned
change
-those involved
have equal
power.
-ideal.
Coercion
-one group
control and
excludes
others.
Types
of
Chang
e
Interaction
change
-fairly equal
distribution of
power among
groups.
Stages of Change
Initiation
Initiation of change sets the stage for
implementation.
Implementation
Involve presenting innovation and getting
people to try it out.
Maintenance
Monitoring of the innovation after it has been
introduced.
Model
Assumption
s
Key Players
Type of
Change
Process
Engaged
Resistance
to change
is natural.
Need to
overcome
resistance
at outset of
innovation
activities.
Must
address
concerns of
staff.
Administrator
s, director,
teachers,
supervisors
Empirical
change
strategy
Planned
change
strategy
Top-down
Organizationa Richard
l development Schmuck and
approach.
(OD)
Matthew Miles Emphasis
on
organizatio
nal culture.
Implement
Administrator
s, directors,
supervisors
Empirical,
rational
change
strategy
Planned
change
strategy
Overcoming
resistance to
change (ORC)
AuthorOriginator
Neal Gross
Concernsbased
adoption
(CBA)
F. F. Fuller
Change is
personal.
Stress on
school
culture.
Teachers
Empirical
change
strategy
Planned
change
strategy
Systems
model
Rensis Likert
and Chris
Argyris
The
organizatio
n is
composed
of parts,
units and
department
s.
Linkages
between
people and
groups.
Implement
ations
consist of
corrective
actions.
Administrator
s, directors,
Teachers,
supervisors
Normative,
rational
change
strategies
Planned
change
strategy
Educational
change
Administrator
s, teachers,
students,
school board,
community
members and
government
Rational
change
strategies
Curriculum Evaluation
Evaluation:
Process whereby people gather
data in order to make decision.
Students
Teacher
Result on
pupils
learning
Purpose of
Evaluation
Scientific
VS
humanist
ic
Formativ
e&
Summati
ve
Approach
es to
evaluatio
n
Intrinsic
VS Payoff
Utilitaria
n VS
Intuitioni
st
Scientific models
Stakes
congruencecontingency
model
Stufflebeams:
context, input,
process &
product model
Humanistic
models
Eisners
connoisseurship
Iluminative
evaluation
Testing:
High stakes test
Norm-referenced test
Criterion-referenced test
Subjective test
Alternative
assessment
Action research
model
Scientific +
humanistic
model
active in their
learning
environment.
Educational
value
Childcenter
ed
Desig
n
lives, needs and
interests.
Not
separated
from
students'
lives
Suit a childs
developmental
level.
Child
center
ed
design
Taught within
their natural
environment.
Simple
ideas
derived
from their
experience
s.
Self-realization
through social
participation
To integrate
subject
matter from
various
fields.
Childcenter
ed
design
Engaged in
interesting
things
Reference
Ornstein.A.C & Hunkins.F.P. (2014).
Curriculum
fundation, principles and issues.
England:Pearson