Ms. Jennifer L.

Magboo MA- Educational Management

OBJECTIVES
Review on technical/ scientific approach and its sample models. Define what a non-scientific/ non -technical curriculum is. Give practical applications of non-technical/ non-scientific approach to curriculum. Compare and contrast scientific and nonscientific approaches. Share ones insights on the approaches to curriculum designs. Justify how non-scientific/ non technical approaches are injected in the present curriculum.

APPROACHES TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

1. Technical/ Scientific 2. Non Technical/

Non Scientific

REVIEW ON TECHNICAL/ SCIENTIFIC APPROACH

Presents blueprint that includes goals, objectives, and step-bystep sequencing of content, activities, and learning outcomes.
Use instruments and empirical methods in preparing a blueprint with well defined elements orderly-sequenced procedures, and quality control measures to increase the probability of success in its implementation.

Most Recognized Technical-Scientific Models

1. Models of Bobbit and Charters

2. Ralph Tyler Model

3. Hilda Taba Grassroots Approach 4. Backward Design Model

NONTECHNICAL/ NONSCIENTIFIC APPROACH

This approach considers that the curriculum evolves rather than being planned precisely. Subject matter has importance only if student can find meaning in it for himself or herself.

Most Recognized Nontechnical-Nonscientific Models

1. Deliberation Model 2. Allan Glatthorn: Naturalistic Model

3. Post positivist- Post modern Models

Comparison of Technical/Scientific and Non-Technical/Non-Scientific Curriculum Approaches

TEHNICAL/ SCIENTIFIC APPROACH
Highly objective, universal and logical Reality can be defined and represented in symbolic form Specified and addressed in linear form Rest in belief in rationality, objectivity and certainty

NON TECHNICAL/ NON SCIENTIFIC APPROACH

Subjective, personal, aesthetic, heuristic, and transactional Stress on learner rather than output Emphasizing activity-oriented approaches to learning Curriculum should evolve rather than precisely planned

REFERENCES:
Bilbao, Purita et al. Curriculum Development . Quezon City : Lorimar Pub., c2008. - vii, 221 p. Jones, Patrick. Special Curriculum Design Seminar. Curriculum Design Part 4: Curricular Models, Pedagogical Approaches, and Content. O Niell, Geraldine. Program Design: Overview of Curriculum Models. UCD Teaching and Learning Resources. Retrieved: August 16, 2012. http://www.ucd.ie/t4cms/ucdtlp00631.pdf