Course Title: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT -I
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P/S
SW/FW
TOTAL
CREDIT
UNITS
3
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4
Course Code:
Credit Units: 04
Course Objectives:
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Understand the concept and principle in curriculum development.
Apply curricular approaches in fields of special education with special reference to Indian
context.
Enumerate the skills required to develop a need based curriculum in the field of special
education.
Effectively use and evaluate assessment and program technique for a given need based
curriculum
Describe the recent trends, issues in curricular development in field of special education
Pre-requisites:
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The student should be able to understand the concept of curriculum development.
The student should be able to correlate curricular approaches in special education.
Recognize the areas of curriculum and effectively use them
Develop competencies and skills of curriculum development in special education
Student Learning Outcomes:
After studying this paper, the student teachers are expected to realize the following
objectives.
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Explain the concept and principles in curriculum development.
Apply curricular approaches in the field of special education
Acquire the skill required to develop a curriculum in the field of special Education
Effectively use and evaluate a given curriculum
Describe the recent trends, issues in curricular development in the field of special
education.
Course Contents/Syllabus:
MODULE I : INTRODUCTION TO CURRICULUM
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Definition and scope of curriculum
Bases of curriculum – Philosophical, Sociological and
Psychological
Principles of curriculum development
Curriculum adaptation
Plus curriculum
MODULE II : CURRICULAR APPROACHES IN SPECIAL
EDUCATION
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Weightage (%)
20
20
Development Approach
Functional Approach
Ecological Approach
Eclectic Approach
Types of curriculum – Need, Knowledge, Activity, and Skill
based.
MODULE III : STEPS IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
 Assessment of need with respect to individual and environment
 Designing a curriculum
- Situational Analysis
- Selection of content and method
 Designing a collaborative curriculum
 Validation and Implementation
 Evaluation
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MODULE IV : BASIC CURRICULAR SKILLS
 Concept of School readiness
 Curricular skills related to Cognitive domain
 Curricular skills related to Conative domain
 Curricular skills related to Affective domain
 Core curriculum, collateral curriculum and support curriculum
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MODULE V : ALTERNATIVE CURRICULAR CONCEPTIONS
AND TRENDS
 Cognitive processes
 Self-actualization
 Social reconstruction
 Academic rationalization
 Curricular trends
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Life Long learning
Environment Education
Media and technology
Futuristic Education
Pedagogy for Course Delivery:
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Lecture
Tutorials
Presentation and Discussions
Lab/ Practicals details, if applicable:
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Assignment on adaptation of a given curriculum on the basis of principles of curriculum
Appraise the curriculum of a given board with respect to various approaches of
curriculum development.
Designing a curriculum for a given student with special needs
Identification of various curricular domains in the given chapter from a text book.
Group discussion on alternative curricular trends
List of Experiments:
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Assessment/ Examination Scheme:
Theory L/T (%)
Lab/Practical/Studio (%)
End Term Examination
30
N.A
70
Theory Assessment (L&T):
Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment
Components
(Drop down)
Weightage (%)
Class
Test
Project
Portfolio
Attendance
10
10
5
5
End Term
Examination
End Term
Examination
70
Lab/ Practical/ Studio Assessment:
Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment
End Term
Examination
Components
(Drop down
Weightage (%)
Text & References:
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Goodland, J. (1997). Curriculum Enquiry the study of Curriculum Practices. New York :
McGraw Hill
Hass. Glen (1991). Curriculum Planning. A New approach. Boston : Allyn Bacon
Hooper, Richar (Ed) (1971). Curriculum : Context, Design and Development. New York
: Logmans
Oliver, Albert (1977), Curriculum Improvement A Guide to problem, Principles and
processes, New York : Harper and Row.
Payne, D.A. (1973). Curriculum Evaluation : Commentaries on Purpose, Process and
Product, Boston : D.C. Health.
Pratt D. (19SO). Curriculum Design and Development. New York : Harcourt, Brace and
Jovanvich.
Tanner, D. and Tanner, L (1980). Curriculum Development: Theory into Practice.
Chicago: University of Chicago press.
Any other Study Material:
 Power Point Presentations
 Resource material collected and compiled from reference books