CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Master of Arts in Education
Major in Educational Administration
Curriculum in Development
(Book Review)
In Partial fulfillment of the requirements in
EDUC 111 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
Prepared for:
DR. NILDA J. GINETE
Prepared by:
Annie Jean Mae R. Camino
December 6, 2014
CURRICULUM IN DEVELOPMENT
Annette Thijs & Jan ven den Akker
2009
SUMMARY
Curriculum in development discusses basic concepts in curriculum development and presents useful frames of thinking and strategies. This also refers to both the dynamic discussions that continuously take place across a wide range of curricular issues and the evolutionary thinking about concepts and approaches in curriculum development. Changes in society constantly demand new knowledge and skills and require the continuous development of our educational system. This book focuses on the following questions: How do processes of curriculum of curriculum development evolve? What actually is curriculum? And how to ensure the quality of curricular products? This book also provide the teachers, educators, policy makers and other parties involved in educational development with a clear and concise introduction into the tricks of the trade of curriculum development.
CHAPTER 1
CURRICULUM AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
The very short definition of curriculum as “a plan for learning”, used by the American Hilda Taba in 1962 is reflected by related terms in many languages, including the classical Dutch term leerplan which permits all sort of elaboration for specific curricular levels, contexts and representations.
A first, extremely useful, distinction appears to be a specification of the level of curriculum and curriculum development namely: SUPRA, MACRO, MESO, MICRO, NANO. A second, clarifying distinction concerns the different forms in which curricula can be represented in the following three levels: intended, implemented and attained. The core and the ninethreads of the
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Master of Arts in Education
Major in Educational Administration
Curriculum in Development
(Book Review)
In Partial fulfillment of the requirements in
EDUC 111 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
Prepared for:
DR. NILDA J. GINETE
Prepared by:
Annie Jean Mae R. Camino
December 6, 2014
CURRICULUM IN DEVELOPMENT
Annette Thijs & Jan ven den Akker
2009
SUMMARY
Curriculum in development discusses basic concepts in curriculum development and presents useful frames of thinking and strategies. This also refers to both the dynamic discussions that continuously take place across a wide range of curricular issues and the evolutionary thinking about concepts and approaches in curriculum development. Changes in society constantly demand new knowledge and skills and require the continuous development of our educational system. This book focuses on the following questions: How do processes of curriculum of curriculum development evolve? What actually is curriculum? And how to ensure the quality of curricular products? This book also provide the teachers, educators, policy makers and other parties involved in educational development with a clear and concise introduction into the tricks of the trade of curriculum development.
CHAPTER 1
CURRICULUM AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
The very short definition of curriculum as “a plan for learning”, used by the American Hilda Taba in 1962 is reflected by related terms in many languages, including the classical Dutch term leerplan which permits all sort of elaboration for specific curricular levels, contexts and representations.
A first, extremely useful, distinction appears to be a specification of the level of curriculum and curriculum development namely: SUPRA, MACRO, MESO, MICRO, NANO. A second, clarifying distinction concerns the different forms in which curricula can be represented in the following three levels: intended, implemented and attained. The core and the ninethreads of the
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