CURRICULUM DESIGN MODELS

By: Purita P. Bilbao, Ed.D. Click to edit Master subtitle style

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Curriculum Organization
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Horizontal organization direction of

curriculum

elements is sideways.
ex. Social Studies
history,geography,civics and culture.
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Vertical Organization curricular elements

STRUCTURES OF CURRICULUM DESIGN

1. a. b. c. d.

Subject-centered design model Subject design Discipline design Correlation design Broad field design/interdisciplinary

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2. a. b. c.

Learner-Centered Design Child-centered design Experience-centered design Humanistic design

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3. a. b.

Problem-Centered Design Life-situation design Core design

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1. Subject-centered design model

Corresponds mostly to the textbooks, written for the specific subject. Henry morrison and Williiam harris (curricularists who were believers of this design) The school divide the school hours to different subjects such as reading, grammar, literature, mathematics, 3/4/12 science, history, and geography.

1.a. Subject design

2 questions in which the teacher and the learner can easily give an answer. It is because they are familiar with the subject design curriculum.
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What subjects are you teaching? What subjects are you taking?

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Subject design curriculum is the oldest and most familiar design for teachers, parents, and other laymen. easy to deliver Complementary books are written and support materials are commercially available. Teachers are familiar with the format, because they were also educated using the 3/4/12 design.

In the Philippine educational system, the number of subjects in the elementary is fewer than in the secondary level. In college, the number of subjects also differs according to the degree programs being pursued.

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1.b. Discipline design

Related to subject design.However, while subject design centers only on the cluster of content, discipline design focuses on academic design. Discipline refers to specific knowledge learned through a method which the scholars use to study a specific content of their fields.
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Ex: Students in

history =should learn subject like historians biology = should learn how biologists learn mathematics = should learn how mathematicians learn
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Discipline design is often used in

1.c. Correlation design

Links separate subject subject design in order to reduce fragmentation. Subjects are related to one another but each subject maintains its identity. Ex: Science become the core, mathematics is related to it., as they are taken in chemistry, physics, and biology.
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Teacher should come together and

1.d. Broad field design/interdisciplinary

A variation of the subject-centered design This design was made to prevent the compartmentalization of subjects and integrate the contents that are related to each other. Thus, subjects like geogaphy, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, and history are fused into one subject called social studies. Language arts 3/4/12