Effective Curriculum Design

Effective Curriculum Design

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Index

3. Overview

10. Academic vs. Post-Modern approaches

7. Problem-Centered

8. Design Approaches

4. Process

11. Inspirational quotes

9. Behavioral vs. Humanistic approaches

5. Subject-Centered

12. References

6. Learner-Centered

13. Thanks

Curiculum Design Theory

the meaning of "curriculum" has shaded meanings, but for the most part we think of it as the structure and content of a program of study. It is the experience of learning. Teachers plan this, execute it, and then evaluate the effectiveness and success of students' learning.

Design Process

Step 2

Step 3

Step 1

Planning what and how students will learn, experience, and develop.

Implement your plan. Adjust and adapt.

Evaluate your students' learning and understanding.

Subject-Centered Learning

One way of learning is to concentrate on the material to be learned. Secondary learning often follows this pattern. The focus is heavy on the side of the chosen academics. This design has the most categories and topics. These are generally separated and taught by trained specialists (Ornstein & Hunkins, 2017).

Subjects

Learner-Centered Design

All teachers want to create lessons that students connect to, that they value, and they they are motivated to learn. In this design, students are given opportunity and guidance to deep dive into activities, and create their own learning (Ornstein & Hunkins, 2017). It is used predominently in elementary classes and with younger learners within the United States (Ornstein & Hunkins, 2017).

Problem-Centered Design

This design centers on real-life dilemmas both personal and community focused. They put a student in a social situation, that can be adjusted to meet the individual. Then learning is designed around that situation: what is needed , the steps to take, etc.

Different Learning Approaches to work with

Behaviorist

Systems

Logical, rational-scientific, technocratic

all part are interconnected

Humanistic

Whole Child Centered.

Academic

Postmodern

Encyclopedic approach

Communal Conversation

VS

Humanistic

Behavioral

• Student needs and interests are at the center of learning.
• Activities are developed from creative problem-solving topics.
• Students are active participants in their learning.
• Group work and social interaction are vital to learning, along with other co-operative learning communities.

• Goal and objective driven
• Blueprints for learning that students follow for success.
• Activities are sequential and are organized in a way to follow a logical order of learning.
• Teacher review and evaluate lessons to improve student success.
• Monitoring and fedback are essential.

VS

Academic

Postmodern

• knowledge centered.
• Looks at the arrangement of understanding and knowing.
• look at how knowledge is built, torn down, and built again.
• With ideas at the center of learning, curriculum tends to be more theoretical than practical.

• Situation/ Problem centered.
• Focused on political and social change (so often problematic within public school systems).
• No one way of planning student learning.
• Social activism and ground up development focus
• School is an extention of society (Ornstein & Hunkins, 2017)

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”

– Nelson Mandela

“If You are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people”

– Chinese Proverb

References

(StateUniversity, 2019)

(Ornstein & Hunkins, 2017).

(Herlo, 2015)

(Duzevic et al, 2014)

(Parvu et al, 2014)

I made this!

Jennifer BonnerStudent with Grand Canyon University

Jennifer BonnerHuman, animal lover and doing my best

Jennifer Bonner

9-12 grade English and Drama teacher

Thanks!