Theoretical Foundation of Curriculum

Paper II: Theoretical Foundations of Curriculum

Objectives:

The teacher will be able:

v  To enable the learners to understand the basic concept of curriculum, syllabus and textbooks.

v  To enable the learners to understand various types, methods, determinants and motives of curriculum development.

v  To enable the learners to understand various curriculum practices in India and abroad.

v  To enable the learners to design an innovative curricular model.

Unit I

• Curriculum: Concept, Meaning and Nature, Difference between Curriculum, Syllabus and Textbooks
• Types of curriculum: Learner centered, Teacher centered, Subject centered, Correlation, Core, Fusion, Accelerated, Enriched, Sandwitch, Crash, Disciplinary, Integrated, Interdisciplinary, Transdisciplinary, Mutidisciplinary.

Unit II

• Basis of Curriculum: Philosophical, Socio-cultural, Political, Psychological; Beliefs about Knowledge, Technological advancement.
• Determinants and motives of curriculum Development, Principles of Curriculum Construction; Selection, gradation and Organization of content.

Unit III

• Steps of curriculum Designing: Setting of objectives and learning experiences, Selection and organization of learning content and learning material, assessment and evaluation of learning, Modification and resetting of objectives.
• Various evaluation strategies: Formative and Summative evaluation, Semester & Trimester System, CCE(Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation), CRT ( criterion-referenced test), NRT(Norm-referenced tests), CGPA(Cumulative Grade Point Average), GGPA(Graduate Grade Point Average)

Unit IV

• Models of Curriculum: Administrative Line Staff Model, Grassroot Model, Demonstration Model, Models of Teacher Education Curriculum in CIE (Delhi), Banasthali, Indore, Shantiniketan, NCF 2005 and NCFTE 2009.
• Ideas of Gandhi, Tagore, Gijubhai and Gurukul System on Curriculum