CURRICULUM DESIGN

Right curriculum and curriculum design can eliminate

ignorance.

• It's a fact!

• It's a myth!

Education and well-designed curricula can supply all the

knowledge needed to manage society and the earth.

• It's a fact!

• It's a myth!

Educational curricula increase human goodness: well-designed curricula instill wisdom.

• It's a fact!

• It's a myth!

Education’s primary purpose is to enable students to be upwardly mobile and economically successful.

• It's a fact!

• It's a myth!

The four basic parts of a curriculum design are: objectives, content, learning experiences, and ____________.

First-grade social studies curriculum focuses on the family, the second-grade focuses on the community, and the third grade focuses on the region. This is an example of a curriculum whose contents are organized

• horizontally

• vertically

Curriculum design reflects the curriculum’s architecture. The following are some useful points to consider in

building an effective curriculum design except:

• Reflecting on one's philosophical, educational, and curriculum assumptions with regard to the goals of

  the school (or school district)

• Considering students’ needs and aspirations

• Considering the various design components and their organization

• Cross-checking selected design components against the UNICEF's mission.

This dimension of curriculum design refers to all the content, topics, learning experiences, and organizing threads comprising the educational

plan including including all the types of educational experiences created to engage students in learning

• articulation

• sequence

• scope

• balance

This dimension of curriculum design determines whether the sequence of content and experiences

should be based on the logic of the subject matter or the way individuals process knowledge.

• articulation

• sequence

• scope

• balance

A curriculum design that design aims to foster student thinkers who can utilize information to generate knowledge and understandings and aims to fosters teachers teaching for intelligence

• discipline design under subject-centered design

• subject design under subject-centered design

• broad field design under subject-centered design

• correlation design under subject-centered design