Curriculum Development and Learning Theory

Learned (written), Supported (courses of study), Hidden, Taught, Tested, Recommended (field of study), Learned

Evaluation as a checking process that should be applied at 4 different stages of curriculum development. Evaluation becomes a process for finding out how far the learning experiences, as organized and developed, are actually producing the desired results.

Staff development - helping individuals - giving them the chance to step back and reflect critically on what they do allowing them to have their mental space

Sputnik - questions raised in the US about math and science instruction

War on poverty by Johnson - lunch program started - civil rights act - ELL women and disabilities addressed - Department of Education created under Carter

A Nation at Risk - states took more control over education

Bush created agenda for education - wanted Americans to be first in math and science

Bush

Centers on the individual - holistic approach to learning where educating the whole child takes precedence over academic achievement - need for positive self esteem - Maslow's self-actualization - Rogers, Holt, Freire

Curriculum is the agent of social change - vehicle for bringing about needed changes in the social order and is designed to help individuals and groups elevate their oppressed conditions, thereby improving their opportunities to participate fully in a democratic society, teach values.

Measured curriculum - includes elements such as "behavioral objectives, direct instruction, time on task, sequential learning, positive reinforcement, direct instruction, achievement testing, mastery in skills and content, and teacher accountability" - highly skills based and operates heavily at the lower levels of knowledge aquisition

Train minds and to teach students to do research - there is a core of knowledge that every student should possess, and learning is acquiring knowledge through the disciplines - emphasis placed on excellence and maximizing one's potential in the academic realm

Ones' philosophy of education, needs assessment, development of goals and objectives, content selection and organization, methodology, and assessment or evaluation

The process of aligning the content and objectives of the curriculum to a chosen set of standards

Formative and summative and meant to revise an ongoing curriculum