Approaches About School

Curriculum

Curriculum as a content
of body and knowledge
Three ways of approaching a curriculum

Four ways of presenting the

content in the curriculum
Topical approach -content is based on

knowledge and experience

Concept approach - with fewer topic in cluster
Thematic approach - combination of concepts
Modular approach - completes unit of
instruction

Criteria in selection of the content

Significance
Validity
Utility
Learnability
Feasibility
Interest

Guide in the selection of the

content in the curriculum
Content is commonly used in daily life
Content is appropriate to the maturity levels

and the abilities of learners.

Content is valuable in meeting the needs and
competencies of the future career.
Content is related to other subject field or
discipline for complementation and
integration
Content is important in the transfer of
learning in other disciplines

BASIC Principles of curriculum

content
Balance- content should be fairly distributed

in depth and breadth.

Articulation- assure no gaps in content
Sequence - arrangement of content
Integration - content does not stand alone or
in isolation
Continuity - content when viewed should
continuously flow as it was before

Curriculum Approach as a
Process

Guiding Principles
Curriculum process in the form of teaching

methods or strategies are means to achieve the

end.
There is no sound best process or method
Curriculum process should stimulate the learners
desire to develop the cognitiv, affective,
psychomotor domains in each individual
Every methods or prices should result to
learning outcomes

Flexibility in the use of prices or method

should be considered.
Both teaching and learning are the two
important process in the implementation

Curriculum as a product
Product is what the students desire to achieve
as a learning outcomes.