CURRICULUM DESIGN

CURRICULUM DESIGN

1. SITUATION ANALYSIS: analysis of setting, the audience and needs of the students

   • Educational Setting Class Characteristics Faculty Characteristics Course Content Assesment and evolution requierements

2. NEEDS ANALYSIS: Identify the purposes of the course

   • Objective needs: mesured, cuantified or specified with agreement by administrators
   • Subjective needs: Needs seen through the students' eyes

3. PROBLEMATIZING: Be prepared for unexpected problems and have effectively determined realistic answers to them.

4. SPECIFYNG GOALS

   • Goals: General statements concerning desirable and attainable program purposes and aims.
   • Objectives: Usually refer to aims or purposes within a lesson or an activity within a lesson

5. CONCEPTUALIZING A COURSE SYLLABUS: Goals, Objectives, Purposes, List of topics, List of grammatical, lexical, forms, List of skills, Resources, Assesment alternatives

6. SELECTING TEXTBOOKS, MATERIALS, AND RESOURCES: The resources and materials should be according to your needs and goals.

   • 1.- Learners needs 2.- The use 3.- Facilitate the learning process without imposing a method. 4.- Support for learning

7. ASSESMENT: Assesment of the student's attainment of objectives may be offered in a wide array of possible forms.

8. PROGRAM EVALUATION: A program evaluation considers various aspects: appropriateness of the courses goals, adequacy of the syllabus, classroom methodology, appropriate orientation, students´ motivation.