FOUNDATIONS OF

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

FOUNDATIONS OF

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Four Foundations of Curriculum Development:

1. Social Forces.2. The treatment of knowledge.3.Human growth and development.4.Learning as a process.

Social Forces

Change the life style of a people. People with fast means of

communication and transportation have different needs from those with very show means of communication and transportation.

And so the curriculum and curriculum development have to be adapted to the needs and life style of the people depending upon the kind of social force that is dominant in the place.

The treatment of knowledge

Because of intensive research, knowledge is fast growing and increasing. The questions are:

1. What shall we do with such knowledge?2. How can we use it for our own advantage?

Hence, we have to reconstruct our curriculum and restructure our curriculum development to be able to acquire such knowledge and be able to use it.

Human growth and development

If we make our curriculum offerings too easy, we might be delaying the growth and development of our people. If we make our curricular offerings too hard, they might be to hard for people. So we have to plan the curriculum and curriculum development so that the people will attain their normal growth and development.

Learning as a process