MPF 1483

Curriculum Evaluation
Shafeeq Hussain, Ph.D. Room: C15-305-01 (Visiting Professors Room) Phone: (07) 55-31860 Mobile: 010-5154971 Email: shafeeq@utm.my shafeeq75@gmail.com

Course Outline
Week 1 Definition of basic terminologies related to curriculum and evaluation: Assessment, Analysis, Evaluation and Measurement. Curriculum, curriculum material Principles and Value-bases of Evaluation Week 2 Perspective, purpose and roles of evaluation Week 3 Approaches of curriculum evaluation: Hermeneutic, scientific, humanistic Week 4 Types of Evaluation: Formative, summative, outcomebased, intrinsic. Week 5 Evaluation Models: outcome-based, intrinsic.

 Week 6 Evaluation Models:

Tylers Objective-centred Model Sufflebeams Content-Input-Process-Product Model Scrivens Goal-Free Model Stakes Responsive Model Eisners Connoisseurship Model Week 7 Alternative Integrative Models: Week 8 Mid Semester Break Week 9 Steps and criteria of curriculum evaluation Week 10 Criteria for evaluating curriculum material Week 11 Issues while evaluating curriculum and curriculum material: Ethical, Week 12 Planning for evaluation of curriculum and curriculum material Week 13 Evaluation of a total education programme

What is Curriculum? What is Evaluation?

What is Curriculum Evaluation?

Curriculum
Johnson (1968) Marsh & Willis (1995) Posner (1995) Tyler 1949; Johnson, 1968; Prat, 1980; Posner, 1998 a structured series of intended learning outcomes or expected ends a set of plan and experiences that students undertake under the guidance of the school (p. 10) the set of instructional strategies which teachers plan to use (p.5) Others define curriculum as a body of knowledge or contents and general statements arranged according to certain objectives

Curriculum
Above definitions cover every element involved in the process of education, i.e.: The intents, contents Scope and sequence, Syllabus, content outline, textbooks, course of study Planned , teaching-learning experiences, organization

Evaluation
An appraisal of the value of something Act of ascertaining or fixing the worth and merits of something. Hence Curriculum Evaluation is fixing the worth or value of any curriculum in relation to?

in relation to?
(Why determine Value?)
Helping students meet standards

Education Evaluation
Is for the purpose of

Decision about Individuals which consists of

Decision about Curriculum which consists of

Instructional management
which is for the purpose of

credentialing

selection

formative

summative

diagnosis

Instructional feedback

placement

promotion

Reference used for Presenation

Goerge J. Posner. 1992. Analyzing the Curriculum. New York: McGrawHill, Inc.

References
Abdul Rahim Hamdan. 2006. Pengajian Kurikulum. Skudai: Penerbit UTM. Abu Bakar Nordin. 1991. Kurikulum Perspektif Dan Perlaksanaan. Kuala Lumpur: Penerbitan Pustaka Antara. Allen C. Ornstein dan Francis P. H. 1998. Curriculum: Foundations, Principles and Issues. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. Mohd Daud Hamzah.1994. Rekabentuk Kurikulum Sekolah. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.