APPROACHES TO CURRICULUM

APPROACHES TO CURRICULUM

1. Features

   • The teacher
     • Ideal companions of the learners
     • Quality education requires quality teachers
   • The learners
     • The center stage in the educative process
     • The most important factor in the learning environment
   • Knowlede, Skills and values
     • “Curriculum oriented to tomorrow”
     • Learning goals, instructional procedures and content must be clearly explained to students
   • Strategies and Methods
     • Teachers must use appropriate methodologies, approaches and strategies
     • Situations should be created to encourage learners to use higher order thinking skills
   • Performace
     • Learning outcomes are the product of performance of the learners
   • Community Partners
     • Teaching is a collaborative undertaking
     • Partnership is a means and not an end to be pursued Community Partners

2. Approaches

   • Child or learner- Centered Approach
     • Curriculum is constructed based on the needs, interests, purposes and abilities of the learners
       • A new respect for the child is fundamental
       • The whole activity is divided into units of work
   • Subject-Centered Approach
     • Prescribes different and separate subjects into one broad field
       • The primary focus is the subject matte
       • The emphasis is on bits and pieces of information
   • Problem-Centered Approach
     • Enables the learners to become increasingly able to achieve complete or total development as individuals
       • The learners are capable of directing and guiding themselves in resolving problems
       • The learners are considered problem solvers
   • Humans Realtion- Centered Approach
     • It recognizes the practicalities of group life
     • It provides opportunities to solve common problems of the group as they are manifested by the individuals in it
     • It is concerned with the implications of the changes in the nature and complexity of modern life