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What is the overall rationale for any educational program, according to Kelly?
Curriculum
Curriculum is only about the set of subjects taught in school.
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What components can a curriculum evaluation focus on?
A _____ of study is focused on all planned learning experiences for one year or less.
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What is the purpose of curriculum evaluation?
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Which of the following is NOT a purpose of curriculum evaluation?
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Study Notes
Definition of Curriculum
- Curriculum is the overall rationale for any educational programme.
- It is the totality of experiences a pupil has as a result of provision made.
- It comprises ideas and activities proposed by experts and organized by educational institutions to achieve desired educational aims and objectives.
- It includes what is taught at school, set of subjects, programme of studies, set of materials, set of objectives, course of studies, everything happening in school, annual plan of school, or experiences of learners within or outside the school.
Curriculum Evaluation
- Evaluation is concerned with making judgments.
- Curriculum evaluation has an important place in curriculum studies.
- It involves examining internal consistency, representation of reality, appropriateness, teachability, and intended and unintended outcomes.
- It also includes studying teachers' and students' interaction with the curriculum in a particular environment.
- Evaluation may include examination of goals, objectives, rational, structure, content, and analysis of students' interests, reactions, motivations, and achievements.
Purpose of Curriculum Evaluation
- The purpose of evaluation is to analyze policies, motives, and implementation of curriculum.
- Evaluation at a large scale (e.g., across a school, district, province, or nation) assures policies and motives of development for curriculum.
- Evaluation at a small scale (e.g., within a school) analyzes individual purposes.
Purpose of School-Level Curriculum Evaluation
- Improve teaching according to the need of learners.
- Examine the effects of the newly introduced curriculum.
- Respond to dissatisfaction with school policies.
- Resolve conflict with the school.
- Maintain standards.
- Guide teaching.
- Motivate learning.
- Select students.
- Furnish instructions.
- Appraise teachers, teaching methods, books, content, etc.
Types of Evaluation
- Harris and Bell (1994) categorized types of evaluation on a continuum.
- Bipolar types of evaluation include:
- Formative vs. Summative
- Quantitative vs. Qualitative
- Norm-Referenced vs. Criterion-Referenced
- Ipsative vs. Achievement
- Process vs. Product
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This quiz covers the definition and aspects of curriculum in educational programs, including its rationale, experiences, and objectives. Test your knowledge of what curriculum entails and how it's organized.
