Approaches to Curriculum Development Quiz

Curriculum Approaches

• The Transmission Approach focuses on the body of knowledge to be transmitted to students.
• There are four ways of presenting content in the curriculum:

Principles of Curriculum Construction

• The Integrative Approach emphasizes relatedness and interaction of sub-concepts.
• The Unit Approach leads to complete units of instruction.

Criteria for Selecting Curriculum Content

• There are certain criteria for selecting content in the curriculum.

Principles of Curriculum Organization

• The Principle of Balance emphasizes that content in the curriculum should be fairly distributed in depth and breadth.
• The Principle of Sequence emphasizes the logical arrangement or order of the content in the curriculum.
• The Principle of Integration emphasizes that content in the curriculum should have relatedness to other contents.
• The Principle of Continuity emphasizes that the curriculum should continuously flow from the past to the present and future.

Test your knowledge on different approaches to curriculum development with this quiz! Learn about curriculum as a content, curriculum as a process, and curriculum as a product. Explore the advantages and limitations of each approach and enhance your understanding of curriculum design.