• 1. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT & EVALUATION Dr. Azadeh Asgari Foundations of Curriculum
• 2. What is Curriculum? Any document or plan that exists in a school or school system that defines the work of teachers, at least to the extent of identifying the content to be taught student and the methods to be used in the process (English, 2000). The educative experiences learners have in an educational program. The purpose of which is to achieve broad goals and related specific objectives that have been developed within a framework of theory and research, past and present professional practice, and the changing needs of society (Parkay, 2006).
• 3. Concept of Curriculum A systematic group of courses or sequence of subjects required for graduation or certification in a major field of study; A general overall plan of the content or specific materials of instruction that the college should offer the student by way of qualifying him for graduation or certification or for entrance into a professional or vocational field; A body of prescribed educative experiences under the supervision of an educational institute, designed to provide an individual with the best possible training and experience to fit him for the society of which he is a part or to qualify him for a trade or a profession.
• 4. 7 Common Concepts of Curriculum Scope and Sequence Syllabus Content Outline Standards Textbooks Course of Study Planned Experiences (Posner, 2004)
• 5. Components of Curriculum Curriculum Design -Creating the curriculum in schools Curriculum Delivery -Implementation, supervising, monitoring or using feedback to improve the curriculum Curriculum Coordination -Lateral focus and connectivity Curriculum Articulation -Vertical focus and connectivity
• 6. Types of Curriculum Formal Informal -Values -Personality of teacher -Assessment Hidden Written Taught Tested
• 7. Quality Curriculum Greater depth and less
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