Post on 01-Sep-2020
Curriculum Planning
l Planning involves those processes that that transform broad educational purposes into specific procedures for realizing those purposes
Three Types of Planning
l Long range planning-reviewing material for the coming academic year
l Unit planning-components of a long range plan
l Daily planning-content and activities for a daily lesson
l Long range planning l The planning that is done prior to the
beginning of the academic year l Includes an outline of the content to be
covered along with ideas on instruction
l Unit planning l The planning of content that covers a
period of time and serves to connect school subjects together
l Daily planning l The planning that is done prior to the
commencement of a lesson or unit l Identification of the sequence of activities
Approaches to Planning
l Tyler Rationale
l Walker’s deliberative model
l Freire’s emancipatory model
Tyler Rationale
l A linear model involving four questions l What educational purposes should the
school seek to serve? l What educational experiences can be
provided that are likely to attain these purposes
l How can these educational experiences be effectively organized
l How can we determine whether these purposes are being attained
l Are these steps or something else? l Is there an order to these procedures?
Walker’s Deliberative Model
l Platform-conception, theories, aims, images, procedures
l Deliberation-needed facts, generate alternatives, consider consequences, weigh alternatives, chose most desirable alternatives
l Design-the set of relationships embodied in the materials in use
Freire’s Model
l Development of generative themes-educators and ordinary citizens develop themes based on the reality of their day-to-day lives
l Evaluative meetings-educators and community volunteers interpret these themes to determine what they tell us about the lives of ordinary citizens
l Thematic investigation circles-explore themes more widely with the community and develop those that will be the source of the curriculum
l Culture circles-a forum for discussion