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Elements of Curriculum
Elements of Curriculum
Department of English
Programme: BS.English
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Elements of Curriculum
Content
Objectives
Method
Evaluation
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Objectives/Purpose
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Conti…
Objective is defined as a statement of what the learner will do as an outcome of
instruction and a statement of change in the behavior of the learner as a result
of the instruction or training. Objectives generally are written in terms of the
learner’s performance or behavior.
Learning objectives must be ‘SMART’:
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic or result oriented
Time framed
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Content/Content Selection
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Principles of Content Selection
• Self Sufficiency: less teaching effort and educational resources, less
learner’s effort but more results and effective learning outcomes –
most economical manner (Scheffler, 1970).
• Utility: usefulness of the content either for the present or the future.
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Principles for organizing the learning contents
(Palma,1992)
• Balance: Content curriculum should be fairly distributed in depth and
breadth of the particular learning or discipline. This will ensure that
the level or area will not be overcrowded or less crowded.
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Conti…
• Sequence : This is the logical arrangement of the subject matter. It
refers to the deepening and broadening of content as it is taken up in
the higher level.
• Teaching methods should stimulate the learner’s desire to develop the cognitive,
affective, psychomotor, social and spiritual domain of the individual.
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Evaluation
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Purpose of Evaluation
Give feedback to the planners, learners, teachers, industry and society
Provide a rationale for making changes.
In conducting evaluations, judgments must be made regarding:
• Inputs
• Means
• Contents
• Outputs, and
• Outcomes of the whole learning process
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