Curriculum types and models

Curriculum types and models

1. Interacting parts that serve as a guide or procedure

2. Curriculum models have five areas they define

   • Approach - traditional or modern. What type of instruction will be used?
   • Focus- subject or student. Where is the emphasis?
   • Content - topic based or content based. How will units or strands be written?
   • Process - formative or summative. How will assessments be used?
   • Structure - system, linear or cyclical. How often does the curriculum get reviewed?

3. Categories of curriculum design

   • Traditional curriculum model
   • Student-centered model
   • Critical model
   • Structural model

4. Types of curriculum design

   • Traditional/Subject-centered
   • Learner-centered
   • Problem-centered

5. Elements of curriculum design

   • Aims and objectives
   • Content and learning experiences
   • Method and organization
   • Evaluation

6. Models of curriculum

   • The Tyler model
   • The Taba model
   • The Saylor and Alexander model

7. Types of curriculum

   • Over, explicit or written curriculum
   • Societal curriculum
   • The hidden or covert curriculum
   • The null curriculum
   • The Phantom curriculum
   • Concominant curriculum
   • Rhetorical curriculum
   • Curriculum-in-use
   • Received curriculum
   • Internal curriculum
   • The electronic curriculum