Curriculum & Its Types
Curriculum & Its Types
Curriculum & Its Types
TYPES
LEARNING OBJECTIVE FOR
THE SESSION
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
Discuss & describe the curriculum and its different
types
Discuss curriculum planning & development
Describe Harden’s 10 step approach for curriculum
planning & development
WHAT IS CURRICULUM?
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN CURRICULUM,
SYLLABUS & COURSE?
WHAT IS A CURRICULUM?
• The word curriculum derives from the Latin ‘currere’ meaning
‘to run’. It is a racecourse.
•Today Planned Learning Experience OR Academic Plan
(Harden, 2001)
The curriculum must be in a form that can be communicated to
those associated with the learning institution, should be open to
critique, and should be able to be readily transformed into practice.
Characteristics:
• Medical schools in the University
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN
PAKISTAN – NATIONAL ISSUES
What is the quality of existing medical curriculum?
Who is responsible for the development,
communication, implementation, monitoring and the
evaluation of medical curriculum?
How is medical curriculum developed,
communicated,
implemented, monitored and evaluated?
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
IN PAKISTAN
THREE LEVELS OF
CURRICULUM PLANNING
& DEVELOPMENT
HARDEN’S 10 STEP APPROACH
1.What are the needs in
2.What content/topic
relation to the product of
should be included?
this training program?
5.What educational
strategies should be
adopted?
6. What teaching 7. How should
methods should be assessment be carried
used? out?