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Subject-Centered Curriculum Design

1. Subject-centered curriculum is the most popular approach to curriculum design, in which each subject has a separate teacher who teaches without coordinating with other teachers. 2. Process design stems from subject-centered curriculum and focuses on teaching general procedures and problem solving skills that are applicable across disciplines. 3. Process design emphasizes teaching students to analyze reality, think critically, and reach conclusions by investigating processes.

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Subject-Centered Curriculum Design

1. Subject-centered curriculum is the most popular approach to curriculum design, in which each subject has a separate teacher who teaches without coordinating with other teachers. 2. Process design stems from subject-centered curriculum and focuses on teaching general procedures and problem solving skills that are applicable across disciplines. 3. Process design emphasizes teaching students to analyze reality, think critically, and reach conclusions by investigating processes.

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Subject-Centered Curriculum:

Process Design

Kok Jia Xuan Soon Ming Hui Yap Sze Miin


APPROACHES TO
CURRICULUM DESIGN
Approaches to Child or
Subject-Centred Problem-Centred
Curriculum Learner-Centred
Approach Approach
Design Approach

Teacher Guide Master Trainer


Most
important/center of Competitors/ next Problem-solvers/
Learners
the educational masters independent
process
Practical work
Subject matter content
What learners want (ex: development of
What to teach which are detached
to learn/accomplish business, social
from life
construction skills)
Self-discovery, self- Direct participation
How to Teach Intellectual practices
direction (ex: case study)
Performance
Performance compared to Learners mastery of the Dealing with life and
(measurement) learners own set of subject content its problems
goals
Partners Parents - community
PROCESS DESIGN
Process Design and its Origin

Students develop Process design stem from subject-


interests and centered curriculum, the most popular
competencies in
particular subject
approach in curriculum design.
areas William
Harris
In this curriculum, each subject has a
separate teacher. Every teacher try to
teach his own subject and no one
intervene in the subject of other
teacher.
Process Design

Advocates of process design model stresses the


learning of general procedures and processes that
are not applicable to any particular discipline.
Various educators have suggested that students
should be taught to think, where the curriculum
should focus on decision making, problem solving,
critical and creative thinking skills.
Process Design

The aim of the curriculum under process design is to


enhance the process skills applicable to disciplines.
Some of the process skills include application,
analysis and problem solving (Umar Farooq, 2013).
Ennis (1963) identified a list of critical thinking skills:
- Identification of fallacies & checking the sources of
credibility
Characteristics of Process Design
1 2
Focus on teaching Emphasise on
for intelligence and procedures that
development of enables students to
intellectual analyse reality and
character create frameworks
Process
3 Design 4
Students Curricula for
investigate the critical thinking
process and reach exemplify this
conclusions procedural design
References
Vuncannon, M. (2015). Curriculum Design Chapter 6 &
7. Retrieved from Slide Share Website:
[Link]
pter-6-curriculum-design-45077693

Lalwani, P. (2011). Approaches to Curriculum Design.


Retrieved from Slide Share Website:
[Link]
ches-to-curriculum-design

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