CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Portfolio of Curriculum Models and Approaches

Portfolio of Curriculum Models and Approaches

Introduction

The main purpose of this paper is to develop a portfolio which critically considers two curriculum models and approaches. The paper also provides an analysis on the advantages and disadvantages of the chosen curriculum model and approaches. In order to identify the curriculum model and approaches the history of the curriculum and the early year's foundation stage has also been discussed in this paper.

Knowledge and Understanding of Curriculum Theory and Practice

What is Curriculum?

A curriculum is a systematic pattern that develops before making some action with the intention of directing it. In this sense, we can say that a curriculum is the plan that applies to certain courses taught by a study center. The curriculum provides guidelines on education: teachers are responsible for instructing students on the topics listed in the plan; while students will be required to learn such content if they want to graduate. The notion of curriculum transcends the educational program. The program is a list of the contents to be taught, the curriculum also will be responsible for determining how instruction works and explains why those contents have been selected. It is important to note that the curriculum changes over time, as they must be adapted to the new social and updated for the training of students who do not lose value.

The curriculum defines a set (list) of items of a particular type of institution and considers the level of education classes. But this general direction or, more precisely, the overall construct of the content. It must be filled with concrete material. The curriculum is a critical component of any educational process (Cervero, 1989, p. 45). It defines what students should learn, why, how, and its scope. Previously, the curriculum was developed purely from the perspective of cultural transmission functions, thus reflecting its structure in different fields of knowledge and human activity.

The term curriculum has had many meanings and so many definitions. Some authors define it as a polysemic term, although most agree that underlies the idea of planning in advance forecast (Kolb, 1984, p. 65). According to Caswell and Campbell (1935), Curriculum is a set of experiences that students perform under the guidance of the school. As per Bestor, (1958): curriculum is a program of true knowledge, valid and essential, transmitted systematically in school, to develop the mind and intelligence training. Inlow (1966 pg.7) states that the curriculum is "the planned joint effort of the entire school, destined to lead the student learning to predetermine learning outcomes." Johnson (1967, pg. 130) states: "In view of the deficiencies of the current popular definition, we will say here that curriculum is a structured set of learning objectives that aims to achieve. Curriculum prescribes (or at least anticipates) the results of the investigation. " Thus, these are the best definitions of curriculum provided by the different authors.

History of Curriculum

The history of curriculum starts from the time of 1981 when the first book has been ...