APPROACHES TO CURRICULUM

APPROACHES TO CURRICULUM

1. CURRICULUM DESIGN?

   • Substantive
     • Having a firm basis in reality and therefore important, meaningful, or considerable
   • Entity
     • A thing with distinct and independent existence

2. APPROACH?

   • Reflects the person’s view of the world, including what the person perceives as reality, the values deemed important, and the amount of knowledge he or she possesses.

3. Features of a Curriculum

   • The Teacher
     • quality teachers
   • The Learners
     • they are at the center stage in the educative process
     • their needs should be addressed and met
   • Knowledge, Skills, Values
     • a “curriculum oriented to tomorrow” should be designed to help learners cope with the rapid changes
   • Strategies and Methods
     • teachers must use appropriate methodologies, approaches and strategies “capped with compassionate and winsome nature” to objectives of the lesson
   • Performance
     • learning outcomes are the product of performance of the learners as a result of teaching
     • if the performance is low then it follows that the curriculum has failed
   • Community Partners
     • to be effective, teachers must draw upon the resources of their environment even if they are the focal Point in the learning process

4. Approaches

   • Child or Learner-Centered Approach
     • the center of the educational process
     • The whole activity is divided into units of work
   • Subject-Centered Approach
     • The continuing pursuit of learning outside the school is not emphasized. Learning should only take place inside the classroom.
     • The subject matter serves as a means of identifying problems in living
   • Problem-Centered Approach
     • The learners are capable of directing and guiding themselves in resolving problems, thus they become independent learners
     • The curriculum leads the learners in the recognition of concerns and problems and in seeking solutions