APPROACHES
5 Curriculum Approaches
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Behavioral Approach
Managerial Approach
System Approach
Academic Approach
Humanistic Approach
Behavioral Approach
4 steps in planning the behavioral approach 1.
2.
3.
4.
Goal and Objectives
Content and Activities
Organization of the Content and
Activities
Evaluation
Managerial Approach
Some roles of the Managerial
Approach
Help develop the school’s education goals Plan curriculum with students, parents, teachers, and other stakeholders.
Design programs of study by grade levels. Plan or schedule classes or school calendar. Managerial Approach
Help in the evaluation and selection of text books.
Observe teachers.
Assist teachers in the implementation of the curriculum.
Encourage curriculum innovation and change. Develop standards for curriculum and instructional evaluation.
System Approach
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
To George Beauchamp, the system theory of education see the following to be of equal importance are:
Administration
Counseling
Curriculum
Instruction
Evaluation
Academic Approach
It is referred to as the traditional, encyclopedic, synoptic, intellectual or knowledge oriented approach.
The academic approach tries to analyze and synthesize major positions, trends and concepts of curriculum.
Humanistic Approach
This approach is rooted in the progressive philosophy and childcentered movements. The humanistic approach considers the formal or planned curriculum and the informal or hidden curriculum.