CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

1. DIFFERENTIATION OF CURRICULUM

   • In differentiation of curriculum there are structured materials and strategies for specific students depending on their individual aptitudes and learning styles
   • Some ways to differentiate curriculum are: 1- Giving students the choice abour how to respond or demonstrate learning. 2: Using different resources. 3. Tecah many times. 4. Learning matrix, where students are motivated and engaged
   • To differentiate a curriculum is important to define each element. The content is the knowledge, skills, behaviors and attitues. Process are the actions that SS develop. Productis the evidence of students' learning. Learning environment is in which students learn and interact

2. EVALUATION OF CURRICULUM

   • It is a formal determination of the quality. TAccording to Worthen and Sanders, some ways to evaluate are products, projetcs, process and objectives
   • The plan for Curriculum evaluation is the following: Basis for evaluation; objectives of evaluation; curriculum description; evaluation report; evaluation design
   • Daniel Stufflebeam and Egon Guba originated the CIPP model. It states: Context evaluation, InPput evaluation, Process evaluation, Product evaluation

3. SUPERVISION OF CURRICULUM

   • It is the developmenal process with the main purpose of improving the instructional program
   • Curriculum Supervisor: it is a person who is responsible of a group, which is going to be observed and aimed by the supervisor
   • The school system monitos and evaluates both quality of schoools and key measures. The teachers are the main individual behind the curriculum implementation

4. DESICION MAKING ON CURRICLUM

   • Desicion making is the main key of educational programs successful. Even though, making decisions about curriculum are often difficult is the main point to start and get good results
   • Areas for Curriculum Decision Making
     • National leve: The primary power for educational matters to statre governments
     • State Level: States have boards of education which set policies for schools (concerning the whole stuff)
     • Loval Level: The process of decision making is made locally into districts, shcools or classrooms.