What is Curriculum Designing?

Curriculum Designing is
planning an intellectual “journey”
for your students – a series of
experiences that will result in them
learning what you intend them to
learn.
 APPROA
CHES TO
CURRICU
LUM
DESIGN
SUBJECT LEARNER- PROBLEM-
CENTERED CENTERED
CENTERED
SUBJ
ECT HUMANISTIC
DESI
EXPERIENCE- HUMANISTIC
GN CORRELAT
CENTERED
DISCIPLI ION
NE DESIGN CHILD-
BROAD CENTER
DESIGN FIELD/ ED HUMANISTIC
INTERDISCI
PLINARY
DESIGN
SUBJECT-CENTERED DESIGN
MODEL
Focuses on the content of
the curriculum.

Corresponds to textbooks,
written for specific subject.
Henry Morrison William Harris
1.1 Examples of Subject-centered Design

It is easy to
deliver
Oldest and so
far the most Sometimes
familiar design learning is so
for teachers, compartmentalize
parents and d
other laymen

SUBJECT
DESIGN
1.2 Examples of Subject-centered Design

DISCIPLINE DESIGN

Focuses on the academic

discipline.

Often used in college, but

not in elementary and
secondary levels.
1.3 Examples of Subject-centered Design

CORRELATION DESIGN
Comes from a
core, correlated Subjects are related
curriculum design to one another but
that links separate each subject
subject designs in maintains its
order to reduce identity.
fragmentation.
1.4 Examples of Subject-centered Design

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
2.1 Examples of Learner-Centered Design

One
learns by
doing
Anchored on Learner
the needs engages with
and interests his/her
of the child environment
CHILD
CENTERED
DESIGN
DEWEY ROUSSEAU PESTALLOZI FROEBEL
2.2 Examples of Learner-Centered Design

• Child remains to be
the focus
• The interest and the
needs of the learners
cannot be pre-planned
EXPERIENCE- • Experiences are the
CENTERED starting point of the
DESIGN curriculum
• Learners are made to
choose from the various
activities
2.3 Examples of Learner-Centered Design
ABRAHAM
MASLOW
PROBLEM-CENTERED DESIGN
Draws on social problems, needs,
interest and abilities of the
learners. Problems are given
emphasis.

Content cuts across subject

boundaries and must be based on
the needs, concerns and abilities
of the students.
3.1 Examples of Problem-Centered Design

LIFE SITUATION DESIGN

- Contents are - It uses the past

organized in and the present
experiences of
ways that allow
learners as a
students to means to analyze
clearly view the basic area of
problem areas. living.
3.1 Examples of Problem-Centered Design

LIFE SITUATION DESIGN

- Contents are organized in ways
that allow students to clearly view
problem areas.
- It uses the past and the present
experiences of learners as a
means to analyze the basic area of
living.
3.2 Examples of Problem-Centered Design

• It centers on general education

and the problems are based on
CORE the common human activities.
PROBLEM
• The central focus of the core
DESIGN
design includes common needs,
problems, and concern of the
learners.
Steps on how to proceed using core design of
a curriculum. (Faunce and Bossing in 1959)
1. Make group consensus on important problems.
2. Develop criteria for selection of important problem.
3. State and define the problem.
4. Decide on areas of study, including class grouping.
5. List the needed information for resources.
6. Obtain and organize information.
7. Analyze and interpret the information.
8. State the tentative conclusions.
9. Present a report to the class individually or by group.
10. Evaluate the conclusions.
11. Explore other avenues for further problem solving.
 a person can enhance self-
directed learning by improving
self understanding and basic
attitudes to guide behavior

CARL ROGERS
Thank you!!
REPORTED BY:
ANGELITA A. JOCSON
BSE MAJOR IN ENGLISH
202-A
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
MRS. LUSECO