CURRICULUM APPROACHES KHADHEEJA MISHFA Behavioural Managerial Approach Systems

CURRICULUM APPROACHES KHADHEEJA MISHFA

Behavioural Managerial Approach Systems Approach Academic Approach Postmodern Humanistic Approach Theorists Frederick Tyler William Ed Deming George Beauchamp John Dewey, Henry Morrison, Boyd bode George John Dewey, Counts, Harold Charles Judd, Rugg, Harold Francis Parker Benjamin Main Concepts Ensuring efficiency in schools -Programs -Schedules -Resources TQM Based on 4 components Historical & philosophical Change and reform Develop teaching methods based on natural development and curiosity Thinking/phi Logical and perspective losophy Less concerned about content Organizing people and policies Views curriculum at diverse discourse Education’s larger ideological issues Put faith in cooperative learning Main Principles -Plan -Rational principles -Logical steps Administration, counseling, curriculum, instruction, Analyze and synthesize major positions, No one precise way to create curriculum, development 3 domains of human life: home & personal, Alexender, Robert Anderson, Lesley Bishop Technical and scientific

ACADEMIC APPROACH Also known as Attempts to Is more historical and philosophical traditional Analyze and synthesize trends & concepts of curriculum Less social & practical not just foundational topics (religious, psychological etc. ) Integration of various teaching, learning, guidance, supervision procedures etc. John Dewey, Henry Morrison, Boyd bode Popular in 1930’s Carried through 1950 s encyclopedic synoptic Intellectual

BEHAVIOURAL APPROACH §Oldest approach but still a dominant approach Content, activities §Specific goals and objectives and everything is §Teaching & learning sequenced §Behaviour §Tyler: School’s philosophy

MANAGERIAL APPROACH q. School: Interact students, teachers, curriculum specialists, administrators q. Educators plan the curriculum in terms of: üPrograms üSchedules üResources q. Managerial approach relies on üPlan üRational principles üLogical steps

SYSTEM APPROACH o. Subjects, courses and unit plans are planned and organised Achieve goals

POSTMODERN APPROACH v. Extends to the humanistic approach v. Concerned with change & reform v. Focus on education’s larger ideological issues v. Postmodernists- more interested in theory than practical experiences

HUMANISTIC APPROACH