Nama: Shon Ngiap Shyang

No.Matrik: A161795

Kursus: GGGA4123 Perancangan Dan Pembangunan

Pengajaran

Nama Pensyarah: Dr. Nur Faradilla Binti Mohamad

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1) On what bases would you choose a model for curriculum development?

Current curriculum models can be broken down into two broad categories: the product
model and the process model. The product model is results oriented. Grades are the prime
objective, with the focus lying more on the finished product rather than on the learning process.
The process model, however, is more open-ended, and focuses on how learning develops over
a period of time. These two models need to be taken into account when developing curriculum.

I will choose Learner-centered curriculum design, by contrast, revolves around

student needs, interests and goals. It acknowledges that students are not uniform but individuals,
and therefore should not, in all cases, be subject to a standardized curriculum. This approach
aims to empower learners to shape their education through choices.

Differentiated instructional plans provide an opportunity to select assignments,

teaching and learning experiences, or activities. This form of curriculum design has been shown
to engage and motivate students. The drawback to this form of curriculum design is that it can
create pressure on the educator to source materials specific to each student’s learning needs.
This can be challenging due to teaching time constraints. Balancing individual student interests
with the institution’s required outcomes could prove to be a daunting task.

2) Who should decide which model for curriculum development to follow?

When the Learner is a young learner, it is the parent’s responsibility to select from the
list of options. When the latter happens, everything works out much better. When the parents
abdicate responsibility and just send the kid to school believing that it is the school’s
responsibility, the school must act as the parent and help the young learner make the best
decisions possible. Every young learner needs good guidance and it is the responsibility of the
parents but the school has to be ready.

In today’s world, there are many options: public education, home school and private
school are the big three. Most public schools will allow a transfer should the parent not want
the young Learner to go to the local one. There are worthy home school groups too but again
it is the responsibility of the parent to get involved and make the best decision. It’s the same
with the private school option. The responsibility of the parent or the adult Learner to select
the best path for him or her. There should be a clear focus on what the objective is and what it
will take to reach the objective.
3. Is the Tyler rationale a suitable basis for current curriculum development?

Yes for sure. Perhaps the best or one of the best known models for curriculum development
with special attention to the planning phases can be found in Ralph W. Tyler’s classic little
book, Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction, that he wrote as a syllabus for his
classes at the University of Chicago. “The Tyler rationale,” a process for selecting
educational objectives, is widely known and practiced in curriculum circles. Although Tyler
proposed a rather comprehensive model for curriculum development, the first part of his
model (selection of objectives) received the greatest attention from other educators.

Tyler recommended that curriculum planners identify general objectives by gathering data
from three sources: the learners, contemporary life outside the school, and the subject matter.
After identifying numerous general objectives, the planners refine them by filtering them
through two screens: the educational and social philosophy of the school and the psychology
of learning. The general objectives that successfully pass through the two screens become
what are now popularly known as instructional objectives. In describing educational
objectives Tyler referred to them as “goals,” “educational ends,” “educational purposes,” and
“behavioral objectives.”