CURRICULUM DESIGN MODELSCURRICULUM DESIGN MODELS

APPROACHES TO CURRICULUM

DESIGN

SUBJECT CENTERED

SUBJECT DESIGN

DISCIPLINE DESIGN

CORRELATION DESIGN BROAD FIELD/

INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN

LEARNER-CENTERED

CHILD-CENTERED

EXPERIENCE-CENTERED

HUMANISTIC

ORGANIZATION OF CURRICULUM

HORIZONTAL the direction of the curriculum elements is sideways.

Social studies moves horizontally along History, Geography, civics and Culture

VERTICAL the sequence of the curriculum elements follow a vertical design

family-community-living things-plants and animals

SUBJECT-CENTERED DESIGN MODEL

Focuses on the content of the curriculum

Corresponds to textbooks, written for specific subject

Henry Morrison William Harris

Examples of Subject-centered Design

Subject design

Oldest and so far the most familiar design for teachers, parents and other laymen

It is easy to deliver

Sometimes learning is so

compartmentalized

DISCIPLINE DESIGN

Focuses on the academic discipline

Often used in college, but not in elementary and secondary levels.

CORRELATION DESIGN

Comes fro a core, correlated curriculum design that links separate subject designs in order to reduce fragmentation

Subjects are related to one another but each subject maintains its

identity

Broad Field Design

A variation of the subject-centered design

Made to prevent compartmentalization of subjects and integrate the contents that are related to each other

LEARNER-CENTERED DESIGN

Learner is the center of the educative process

This emphasis is very strong in elementary levels

Child-centered Design

Anchored on the needs and interests of the child

One learns by doing

Learner engages with his/her environment

DEWEY ROUSSEAU PESTALLOZI FROEBEL

• Child remains to be the focus

• The interest and the needs of the learners cannot be pre-planned

• Experiences are the starting point of the curriculum

• Learners are made to choose from the various activities

Experience-centered Design

HUMANISTIC DESIGN

Development of self is the ultimate goal

Positive self-concept and interpersonal skills

Integration of thinking, feeling and doing

ABRAHAM MASLOW

CARL ROGERS

a person can enhance self-directed learning by improving self understanding and basic attitudes

to guide behavior

REPORTED BY:

NORMAN V. LUCENA BSED IV-E BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE

EDUCATION 10

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

PROF. JOSEFINA DE JESUS