Curriculum Design Models

Curriculum Design ModelsHorizontal organizationThe direction of the curriculum elements is sideways

Geography History Civics and cultrure Social StudiesMathematics Science Vertical organizationA vertical arrangement or sequence of curricular elements follow a vertical design

Social StudiesFamily Community ScienceLiving ThingsAnimalsPlantsCurriculum design may also follow the following structuresSubject-centered design model this model focuses on the content of the curriculumHenry Morrison

William HarrisCurricularist

Reading Grammar History and geographyLiterature Science Mathematics Schools divide the school hours to different subjectsExamples of subject-centered curriculumSubject design

It is the oldest and most familiar design for teachers, parents and other laymenIt is easy to deliverLearning is so COMPARTMENTALIZED Natural tendenciesInterest experiencedFORGETB. Discipline designFocuses on academic disciplineDISCIPLINE refers to specific knowledge learned through a method which the scholars use to study a specific contents of their fields.Students in:History- historiansBiology-biologistMathematics-mathematician

Teacher should teach how the scholars in the discipline will convey the particulars knowledgeDISCIPLINECareer pathMature Subject-centered CurriculumDiscipline design used in collegeDiscipline becomes the degree programC. Correlation designThis comes from a coreThat links separate subjects designs in order to reduce fragmentation.

mathematicsC. Correlation designD. Broad field design/InterdisciplinaryIt is a variation of the subject-centered designTo prevent the compartmentalization of subjectsTo integrate the contents that are related to each otherHolistic Curriculum- designs draws around themes and integration2. Learner-centered Design Learner is the center of the educative process.Some examples:

Child-centered design- the curriculum design is anchored on the needs and interests of the child.

B. Experience-centered design

Interest and needs of learners cannot be pre-plannedTime is flexibleChildren are free to make optionsC. Humanistic designMaslows theory of self-actualization-Accepting of self-Empathy and sympathyCarl Rogers- believed that a person can enhance self-directed learning by improving self understanding and basic attitudes to guide behavior.The development of self is the ultimate objective of learning.The integration of thinking, feeling and doing

C- ognitiveA- ffectiveP- sychomotor

DomainsINTERCONNECTED3. Problem-Centered DesignSocial problemsNeedsInterestAbilities Life-situations design

PastPresent

Based on Herbert Spencers curriculumSustain lifeEnhance lifeAid in rearing childrenIndividual social and political relationsEnhance leisure, tasks and feelingsExperienceBasic areas of livingB. Core designGeneral educationProblems are based on common human activitiesThank you and Godbless

Prepared by: Haziel J. OsinaBSED 4Fil