The content of different
subjects is the basis for a
curriculum
It is used to justify the
inclusion of certain foreign
languages in school curricula
Greek and latin promoted
memorization and
analysis
Social and Economic Efficency
It's emphasized on learners and
society needs
Produces productive learners
Learners can improve by using
rational planning process
Learner Centeredness
Educational
Philosophies are
grouped as a whole
They develop awarness
critical thinking, self-
reflection, learning
strategies, etc.
Constructivism: involves
background knowledge. "There is
no intellectual growth without
some reconstruction, some
reworking." - John Dewey.
Progressivism: children are involved and provided
with a vast number of learning experiences
Child Centered issues: laissez faire, individualized
teacher, collective terms of teaching direction and
autonomy, creative self expressive students, etc.
MANUEL ALEJANDRO GUERRERO MARTÍNEZ
ANA KAREN ALANIS PIÑA
Social Reconstructionism
Schools and learners' roles are
emphasized in this curriculum
perspective
Teacher and students must be
engaged by schools in order to find a
way to improve personal problems
and find different ways to adress
them
Cultural Pluralism
A cultural group is not superior nor inferior
to others
Its objective is to avoid racism, raise
self- esteem on minority groups and
create consciousness about other
relgions and cultures as well
Stating Curriculum Outcomes
Aim: refers to a
statment of a
general change that
a program seeks to
bring about in
learners
Aim Statments Purposes are :
- Providing a clear
definition of the purposes
of a program
To help provide a focus for
instruction
To describe important and realizable
changes in learning
Aim Statements: reflect
curriculum's ideology. It also shows
how the curriculum will seek to
realize
Acquire good reading habits in order to understand
and enjoy including the literature of other cultures.
Objectives have some characteristics e.g. describe the unit's purpose, they describe
learning in terms of behaviour and performance
Criticism of the use of objectives
the objective must be
meaningful and be a
worthwhile meaningful
experience
The Nature of Competencies
It focuses on the
behaviors to succeed in
the real world activities
These activities can be any task, role or
function where thinking process, attitudes
physical skills are involved
Criticism of the use of competences
There are no valid procedures to
develop competency specifications.
As a result, competencies related
to performance on a job will tend
to include stuff like: " reading
directions or following orders on a
job."
The standards movement
they are descriptions of the targets Ss.
should be able to reach in different domains
of curriculum current content
They are stated in the form of
competencies
The standars specify the
competencies to learners to
become fully proficient in them
Non Language Outcomes
and Process Objectives
It's called non language outcomes
when it goes beyond the content of a
linguistically oritnted syllabus
The outcomes of the content describing
the learning experiences are called
process objectives
The planning of learning
outcomes for a language
course is closely related to the
course planning process