CURRICULUM

DEVELOPMENT
CURRICULUM
DESIGN
 What you will learn?
• Define curriculum design.
• Identify different examples of curriculum
design.
• Discuss the things to consider in designing
a curriculum.
• Identify the features of good curriculum
design.
What is curriculum
design?
• Refers to the arrangement
of the elements of a
curriculum.
 4 Elements of a
curriculum
• Aims
• Goals
• Objectives
• Subject Matter or Content
Posner (1997)
• According to him there is a
macro and micro level of
organizing curriculum
contents.
 Macro Level
• Deals with the arranging or
organizing the total curriculum
from the philosophy down to
the contents of different
subjects.
 Micro Level
•Deals with organizing
the content of a
specific subject or
disciplines.
Referred as:
Macro Level – Function of curriculum design

Micro Level – Function of curriculum

organization
 Print (1988)
- the one who
classified the different
curriculum designs in
four groups.
Different Curriculum
Designs
1.Subject – centered designs
- Majority of the curricula
used in schools are arranged or
organized in terms of subjects.
 4 Specific Designs of Subject
Centered Designs
Integrated design – based on the principle
that learners learn in an integrated
manner.

3 Types of Integration
Interdisciplinary – includes the merging of
two related disciplines or subjects.
 3 Types of Integration

Multidisciplinary or broad fields – includes

the integration of three or more related
disciplines.

Core – requires that all subjects or

discipline in the school curriculum be put
together using as single theme.
 Different Curriculum
Designs
2. Learner – centered
designs
- focus on the needs,
nature, and interests of the
learners in the curriculum.
2 Types of Learner – Centered
Design
Activity/experience design - concentrates
on activities that are meaningful and
interesting to the learners.
Humanistic Design – composed of topics
and learning experiences that focus on the
holistic development of an individual.
 Different Curriculum
Designs
3. Problem – centered designs
- focus on understanding
and finding solutions to
individual and social issues and
problems.
2 Types of Problem – centered
designs
 Thermatic design – suggests the
thematic approach to integration.

 Problem design – the learners are

exposed to different lessons in
problem solving involving real – life
problems.
 Different Curriculum
Designs
4. Core learning designs
- focus on learning a set of
common subjects, disciplines,
courses, skills, or knowledge
that is necessary for students to
master.
2 Types of Core Learning
Designs
 Core design – a set of common subjects,
disciplines, or courses that are required to
be taught to all students across the
country.

 National core curriculum design – a set of

subjects or course that are required to be
taught to all students across the country.
 Things to Consider in
Designing Curriculum
1. Horizontal organization – often
referred to as the scope and
horizontal integration that is
concerned with the arrangement of
curriculum components at any point
in time (Print 1993).
Things to Consider in
Designing Curriculum
2. Vertical organization –
focuses on the spiral
progression of curriculum
contents.
 THANK YOU FOR
WATCHING
EDUC 5
CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT

PREPARED BY:
ELLEN GRACE ABELLANA