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THE TEACHER AS A

KNOWER OF CURRICULUM

FOUNDATIONS OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT


FOUNDATIONS OF CURRICULUM

Curriculum development is anchored on a very solid


foundation.
PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS

1. Perennialism
• Aim: To educate the rational person; cultivate intellect
• Role: Teachers assist students to think with reason (critical
thinking, HOTS, logic)
• Focus: classical subjects, literary analysis. Curriculum is enduring
• Trends: use of great books (Bible, Koran, Classics) and Liberal
Arts
PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS

2. Essentialism
• Aim: To promote intellectual growth of learners to become
competent
• Role: Teachers are sole authorities in the subject area
• Focus: Essential skills of the 3Rs; essential subjects
• Trends: Back to basics, excellence in education, cultural literacy
PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS

3. Progressivism
• Aim: Promote democratic social living
• Role: Teacher lead for growth and development of lifelong learners
• Focus: Interdisciplinary subjects, learner-centered, outcomes-based
• Trends: Equal opportunities for all, contextualized curriculum,
humanistic education
PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS

4. Reconstructionism
• Aim: To improve and reconstruct society. Education for change.
• Role: Teacher acts as an agent of change and reforms.
• Focus: Present and future educational landscape
• Trends: School and curricular reform, global education,
collaboration and convergence, standards and competencies
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS

FRANKLIN BOBBIT (1876-1956)


• He started the curriculum dev’t movement
• Curriculum is a science that emphasizes students’ needs
• Curriculum prepares learners for adult life
• Objectives and activities should group together when tasks
are clarified
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS

WERRET CHARTERS (1875-1952)


• Curriculum is a science that emphasizes students’ needs
• Objectives and activities should match. Subject matter or
content relates to objectives.
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS

WILLIAM KILPARTICK(1875-1952)
• Curricula are purposeful activities which are child-centered.
• The purpose of the curriculum is child development and
growth. He introduced this project method where teacher and
students plan the activities.
• Curriculum develops social relationships and small group
instruction.
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS

HAROLD RUGG (1886-1960)


• Curriculum should develop the whole child. It is child-centered.
• With the statement of objectives and related learning activities,
curriculum should produce outcomes.
• Emphasized social studies and suggested that the teacher
plans curriculum in advance.
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS

HOLLIS CASWELL (1901-1989)


• Curriculum is organized around social functions of themes,
organized knowledge and learner’s interest.
• Curriculum, instruction and learning are interrelated
• Curriculum is a set of experiences. Subject matter is developed
around social functions and learners’ interests.
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS

RALPH TYLER(1902-1994)
• Curriculum is a science and an extension of school’s
philosophy. It is based on students needs and interests.
• Curriculum is always related to instruction. Subject matter is
organized in terms of knowledge, skills and values.
• The process emphasizes problem solving. Curriculum aims to
educate generalists and not specialists.
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS

HILDA TABA (1902-1967)


• She contributes to the theoretical and pedagogical
foundations of concepts development and critical thinking in
social studies curriculum.
• Grassroots approach
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS

HILDA TABA (1902-1967)


• She contributes to the theoretical and pedagogical
foundations of concepts development and critical thinking in
social studies curriculum.
• Grassroots approach
HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS

PETER OLIVA (1992-2012)


• He described how curriculum change is a cooperative
endeavor.
• Teachers and curriculum specialist constitute the
professional core of planners.
• Significant improvement is achieved through group activity.
PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS

IVAN PAVLOV (1849-1936)


• He is the father of the Classical Conditioning Theory, the
S-R Theory
• The key to learning is early years of life is to train them what
you want them to become.
• S-R Theory is a foundation of learning practice called
indoctrination.

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