Curriculum: Relevance and�Effectiveness

Curriculum: Relevance and�Effectiveness��Presented
by: - Sindhu Joyo

Key points
* What is Curriculum?
* Elements of curriculum.
* Types of curriculum
* why we develop the Curriculum
* 7 points in focus while preparing a good curriculum
* What kind of challenges, curriculum developers face while preparing the curriculum.
* 10 standards of a Good curriculum.
* conclusion

1. Topic:- Curriculum: Relevance and Effectiveness Presented by: - Sindhu Joyo

2. Key points * What is Curriculum? * Elements of curriculum. * Types of curriculum * why we develop the Curriculum * 7 points in focus while preparing a good curriculum * What kind of challenges, curriculum developers face while preparing the curriculum. * 10 standarda of a Good curriculum. * conclusion

3. What is curriculum? * The curriculum means a detailed description of contents of teaching( syllabi) the teacher should deliver to their pupils through teaching. * Curriculum is the heart of education improvement. * the term curriculum comes from the latin word “ currere ” which means to run, the course of the race or course of study.

4. Elements of Curriculum Educational Objectives Subject matter teaching Methods Evaluation

5. Types of Curriculum * Activity based curriculum * Subject based curriculum * Hidden curriculum * Co- curricular Activities

6. Activity Based curriculum A facilitator add various activities to make his teaching more fruitfull .

7. Subject based Curriculum A teacher is an active participants while students are passive learners.

8. Hidden curriculum Those things which are not the part of the curriculum actually, but the student must learn those things. For example: Classroom rules and procedure Teacher- pupil relationship Disciplane

9. Co- Curricular Activities A teacher is a collaborator or facilitator. He/ she should motivate/ guide/teach student for co-curricular activities.

10. Why we develop the curriculum? We develop the curriculum because the curriculum give the idea how to proceede . Curriculum give us future direction.

11. 7 points in focus while preparing a good curriculum 1 curriculum must be pro- active. 2 Begin with the end in mind. 3 Put first thing first 4 Think win-win situation 5 Seek first to understand then to be understood 6 Synergize 7 Sharpen to the saw

12. What kind of challenges the curriculum developers face while preparing curriculum 1 Economic problems 2 political Interference 3 Unavailability of teaching material 4 Lack of trained teachers 5 unavailability of laboratries

13. How to make an effective curriculum: 10 Standards of a good curriculum 1 Subject matter knowledge 2 Human growth and development 3 I slamic values and Ethics 4 Instructional planning and strategies 5 Teaching of english as second language 6 Learning environment 7 effective Communication & use of ICT 8 Collaboration & Partenership 9 Continuous professional development & code of conduct 10 Assessment

14. Conclusion Nowadays the curriculum varies from: 1 Passive learning to Active learning 2 Teacher centered to student centered 3 Fragmented curriculum to Integrated curriculum 4 low level curriculum to high level curriculum 5 Little students freedom to generous student freedom 6 Textbook driven to research driven 7 Testing to Assessment 8 good management to great leadership 9 Transmission teaching to transformational teaching 10 And many more

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