CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

1. Stages

1.1. Exploratory

1.1.1. Situational Analysis, identification of constraints, critical pathways, critical presage deliberation, criteria and plan of action

1.2. Curriculum Design

1.2.1. Setup team of experts, personnel, validation preparation

1.3. Curriculum Implementation

1.3.1. Put into practice, informal evaluation

1.4. Monitoring & Evaluation

1.4.1. froml curricula strategies

2. Principles

2.1. Educational

2.1.1. Process, cooperative effort, relevance, leaner centred

2.2. Professional

2.2.1. Comprehensive, integration, networks, problem based, innovation & research

3. Models

3.1. Nature of Development

3.1.1. Linear

3.1.2. Cyclic

3.1.3. Dynamic

3.2. Nature of Curriculum

3.2.1. Tyler

3.2.2. Lawtons

3.2.3. Zais

4. Different Perspectives

4.1. Content - to transmit knowledge

4.2. Process - Planned learning through instruction, interaction between teacher & student

4.3. Praxis - real life experiences

4.4. Product - Pre-planned guidelines, what learners should be able to do

5. Dimensions

5.1. Conceptual - Education plan, broad outcomes, planned learning opportunities

5.2. Cultural - Specific outcome, study guides, learning content, teaching methods, test & exams

6. Purpose

6.1. Academic - Rationalist to foster academic excellence

6.2. Cognitive - To develop critical thinking skills

6.3. Humanistic - To provide learning experience & develop the individual

6.4. Social - Re constructionist that is Community based, focuses on the needs & problems of society

6.5. Personal - Personal commitment to intellectual inquiry and learning

7. Classification

7.1. Official/legitimate

7.2. Actual/Operational

7.3. Illegitimate

7.4. Hidden

7.5. Null