Approaches to Curriculum Design

Flashcards reviewing different approaches to curriculum design.

What is the primary focus of a subject-centered curriculum design?

The content of the curriculum.

What type of resource often embodies a subject centered design?

Textbooks

What are the two questions a teacher can answer in a subject design?

Simple questions that the teacher and learner can easily answer.

Why is subject design a familiar to teachers?

It is the oldest and most familiar design.

What is described as easily delivered?

Subject design

What does discipline design focus on?

Academic disciplines.

What is correlation design intended to reduce?

Fragmentation by linking separate subject designs.

What is the purpose of broad field design?

To cure the compartmentalization of separate subjects and integrate related content.

In learner-centered design, who is the focus?

The learner

What is the focus of child-centered design?

The needs and interests of the child.

What educational philisopher influenced Child Centered Design?

John Dewey, Rousseau, Pestallozi and Froebel.

What serves as the design feature in experience centered designs?

The child's interaction with the environment and believes that one learns by doing.

What is similar to child centered design?

Experience centered design.

Who influenced Humanistic Design?

Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers.

What did CARL ROGERS believe?

A person can enhance self-directed learning

What forms the basis for problem centered design?

Social problems, needs, interests, and abilities of the learners.

What is an important element of Problem Centered Design?

Various problems are given emphasis.