Curriculum Approaches

What is the initial task of curriculum designers?

• identification of an educational vision

• Planning teaching strategies

• Evaluation of curriculum

• implementation of planned strategies

The educator's first step in curriculum development should be

• needs assessment

• development of aims

• analysis of content to teach

• development of goals

These are lifetime aspirations and are stated generally.

• aims

• goals

• objectives

• mission

What are specific statement written to be used as guidelines for achieving particular purposes. These are derived from aims.

• vision

• outcomes

• goals

• objectives

This objective is also known as instructional objectives or intended learning outcomes. It is defined as statements of precisely what the student is to learn.

• educational objectives

• behavioral objectives

• nonbehavioral objectives

• social objectives

"Develop the human potential" is an aim that is anchored on which philosophy?

• perennialism

• essentialism

• humanism

• reconstructionism

"Demonstrate knowledge and skills gained" is an example of which philosophy?

• perennialism

• essentialism

• humanism

• reconstructionism

What level of the cognitive domain is described as making judgments based on criteria and standards?

• Analyzing

• Evaluating

• Creating

• Applying

This domain was established to address skills development relating to manual tasks and physical movement.

• affective

• cognitive

• psychomotor

• social

It is the environment in which teacher and students engage in mutual communication about content and mutually participate with "educational material".

• educational space

• Educational nook

• college

• school