Described the different approaches about

school curriculum
Explained by examples how the approaches
clarify the definition of curriculum
Reflected on how the three approaches
interrelate with each other
 THREE WAYS OF
APPROACHING
CURRICULUM
Curriculum as a content or body of knowledge

Curriculum approached as a process

Curriculum as a product
 1. CURRICULUM AS A
CONTENT OR BODY OF
KNOWLEDGE
Traditionalist equate curriculum with the ff:

 Topic outline
 Subject matter
 Concept to be included in the syllabus
1. Topical approach
2. Concept approach
3. Thematic approach
4. Modular Approach
Observe your book and find out what approach is being used.
1. Significance
- Content becomes the means of developing
cognitive, affective or psychomotor skills
- Address cultural context of the learners

Browse your book and look for a proof that it is significant

2. Validity
- Check and verify content at regular interval
- Content which may be valid in its original
form may not continue to be valid in the
current times
Give examples of this issue in your own major wherein content
is valid before but not anymore today.
3. Utility
- Can be relative to time
- Useful in the past, may not be useful now or
in the future

Give examples of this issue in your own major wherein skills to

be developed to the students will not be useful in the future.
4. Learnability
- The complexity of the content should be
within the range of experiences of the
learners

Give examples of this issue in your own major wherein content

is not in the range of the experiences of the learners.
5. Feasibility
- Can the subject content be learned within
the time allowed, resources available,
expertise of the teachers and the nature of
the learners
Give examples of this issue in your own major wherein content
or activity is not possible to do in any given situation.
6. Interest
- Will the learners take interest in the
content?
- Are the contents meaningful?
- What value will the contents have in the
present and future life of the learners?

What can you do to make the curriculum interesting?

Guide in the selection of the Content in the Curriculum

1. Content is commonly used in the daily life.

2. Content is appropriate to the maturity levels and
abilities of the learners.
3. Content is valuable in meeting the needs and
competencies of the future career.
4. Content is related to other subject fields or discipline for
complementation and integration.
5. Content is important in the transfer of learning in other
disciplines.
BASIC Principles of Curriculum Content
 In 1952, Palma proposed the principle of BASIC as a guide in addressing
CONTENT in the curriculum.

ALANCE -significant contents should be covered

RTICULATION - To assure no gaps or overlaps in the content

EQUENCE -the pattern is usually from easy to complex

NTEGRATION -relatedness or connectedness to other contents

-constant repetition, reinforcement and

ONTINUITY enhancement of content are all elements of
Use other subject as the
content of your subject
through examples.
2. CURRICULUM
APPROACHED AS PROCESS
 2. CURRICULUM
APPROACHED AS PROCESS
Curriculum happens in the classroom

Practice of teaching

Curriculum happens in the classroom

Concern of teachers to emphasize

• Critical thinking
• Meaning-making
• Heads-on
• Hands-on
• and many others
2. CURRICULUM
APPROACHED AS PROCESS
The process provides the
curriculum on how to
teach the content.

Pedagogical Content Knowledge

If you have this content, how will
you teach it?
2. CURRICULUM
APPROACHED AS PROCESS

What curriculum are you

using?

 Problem-based
 Hands-on, Minds-on
 Cooperative learning
 Blended Curriculum
 On-line
 Case-based
 and many more
2. CURRICULUM
APPROACHED AS PROCESS
When curriculum is approached as a PROCESS, guiding principles are presented:

1. Curriculum process in the form of teaching methods and strategies are means
to achieved the end.
2. There is no single best process or method.
3. Stimulate learner’s desire to develop holistically
4. In the choice of methods, learning and teaching styles should be considered.
5. Every method or process should result to learning outcomes
6. Flexibility in the use of the process or methods should be considered
7. Both teaching and learning are the two important processes in the
implementation of the curriculum.
3. CURRICULUM AS A
PRODUCT

 is what students desire to

achieve as a learning outcomes
3. CURRICULUM AS A
PRODUCT
The real purpose of education is to bring about
significant changes in students’ pattern of behavior.

Curriculum product is expressed in form of outcomes which are

referred to as the achieved learning outcomes.
There maybe several desired learning outcomes, but if the process
is not successful, then no learning outcomes will be achieved.
These learned or achieved outcomes are demonstrated by the
person who has meaningful experiences in the curriculum.
All of these are result of planning, content and processes in the
curriculum.