Raj Kumar Subedi - Curriculum development-CIST College
Raj Kumar Subedi - Curriculum development-CIST College
Raj Kumar Subedi - Curriculum development-CIST College
Education
Curriculum
Syllabus
Content
Sources of learning
Types of Curriculum
• The formal curriculum: what the institution plans
and organizes to teach
• methods
• evaluation
Interaction among elements
Purpose (Goals and
objectives)
Evaluation (Performance
Measurement)
Advantages and limitations of curriculum
Advantages Limitations
• Society always changing, so
• Makes learning specific difficult to make changes in
• Makes learning systemic curriculum accordingly
• Makes learning measurable • Needs intensive work to
and concrete develop a good curriculum
• Saves time and resources to • Makes education narrow and
conduct educational activity less open-ended usually
• Can’t include all learning
• Helps achieve goals and theories
objectives if planned
• Curriculum made at one setting
correctly may not be applicable in other
• National and international settings
recognition • Curriculum change requires
intense, tedious processes.
Principles of curriculum design
• Principle of Utility or applicability
• Principle of flexibility
• Principle of child-centeredness (student)
• Principle of life-centeredness
• Principle of community-centeredness
• Principle of correlation (interdisciplinary)
• Principle of activity-centeredness
Principles…
• Principle for the use of leisure
• Principle of development of culture and
civilization
• Principle of need based activity
• Principle of value (justice, equity, opportunity)
• Conservation principles
– Conservations of natural resources, wildlife should be
inculcated.
• Principle of creativity
• Principle of harmony and balance
Factors affecting curriculum design
• Technology has had a tremendous impact on society.
• Extrinsic • Intrinsic
– Acceptance of the
– Political
curriculum within
– Economic the institution
– Technological – organizational
– Socio-cultural, policy
Religious – Managerial aspects
– Philosophical of the institution
– Organizational
environment etc.
Extrinsic Factors
• Political
– From defining goals, interpreting curricular materials to
approving examination systems, politics affects curriculum
design.
• Economic
– Curriculum developed for in-house training in corporations
focuses on educating employees for promotions that bring
better returns in profits.
– Improve results
Competency…
• Focus here is on competencies that will help in
professional field. The different competencies for
instance can be:
– Cultural competencies
– Community organizing
– Data analysis and report writing
– Conflict management
– Project management
– Proposal writing etc.
SPICES model of curriculum design
• Harden et al published an article in 1984
which was a seminal one in medical
education.
– Elective +Core
– Teaching is sequential
– feelings,
– values,
– appreciation,
– enthusiasms,
– motivations, and
– attitudes.
Affective…
• They are further divided into five levels:
– The Key Words are the same as Mechanism, but will have
adverbs or adjectives that indicate that the performance is
quicker, better, more accurate, etc.
Categories…