WEEK 11

                                                4 MYTHS ABOUT EDUCATION

1. The right curriculum and curriculum design
2. Well-designed curricula can supply all the knowledge needed to manage society and the Earth
3. Increase human goodness
4. Primary purpose is to enable students to be upwardly mobile and economically successful

There are multiple intelligence that best explained on why every single individuals have different learning methods:

Hopefully after you have watched the video above, you would be able to identify your learning styles. It is essential for you to identify one in order to improve your performance and able to manage distractions effectively. Each and everyone of us is unique as we are gifted with various different intelligence. The illustrations and effectiveness of the video would enhance your understanding on why you have been doing the wrong methods of studying in the past as it could explain each and every categories of learners.

WEEK 10

Stakeholders : Individuals or institutions that are interested in the school curriculum

1. Learners : center of curriculum
-primary stakeholders

2. Teachers : curriculum developers and implementers
-curriculum maker

3. Curriculum managers & administrators
-supervise, select, and recruit, admit, procure

4. Parents as the supporters in the curriculum
-effective parental involvement in school affairs
-involvements extend from confine of the school to the home

5. Community members as community resources
-substitute for what is needed to implement the curriculum

6. Other stakeholders in curriculum implementation
-professional organizations : Sarawak Teachers Union (STU)
-government

                                                       

                                                           INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA

• Media technology
• Learning Technology
• Other Technology

Throughout the previous learning session, I had discovered that there are others learning aids such as Prezi, Storybird and Pixton. The software applications are being use to make learning easier because the illustrations and designs are much interesting than of Microsoft Power Point.

Last but not least, I would like to state on my general knowledge obtained during the lecture session.
Here are the two terms most people been use in a wrong way :

i. Evolution : slowly changes
ii. Revolution : fast changes

WEEK 9

THEORY

• An ideas or set of ideas that is intended to explain facts or events.
• A specific claim or argument that leads to empirical predictions.

Functions of theory

• Description
• Prediction
• Explanation
• Guidance

                                                                  THEORY BUILDING

1. Induction
2. Deduction

WEEK 8

                                                  CURRICULUM WORKERS

• curriculum supervisor
• curriculum leader
• curriculum coordinator
• curriculum specialist

                                           TEACHERS AS CURRICULUM WORKER

1. Planning
2. Creation
3. Implementation
4. Reflection

WEEK 7

      Two Broad Contrasting categories of curriculum approaches

• Technical-Scientific
• Non-Technical/Non-scientific

                                          
                                            TECHNICAL-SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES

1. Behavioral-rational approach
-the oldest and still preferred by many educators
-defines the objective (why), content(what), method(how), sequence(when), and scope(how much) ( Taba & Tyler Models, 1969)

2. System-managerial approach
-considers the major interconnected of inputs, process and outputs that comprise the educational system
-viewed a the major system and the other processes related to it such as supervision (motivation, leadership styles, communication and decision-making).


3. Intellectual-academic approach
-identifies 3 fundamental factors : the learner, the society and the organized subject matter
-emphasize the importance of cognitive theories and principles in curriculum planning


4. Humanistic approach
-reflects an existentialist orientation
-the purpose of education is to emancipate society from traditional, outmoded orders through individual free choice

WEEK 6

                                                  DOMAINS OF CURRICULUM

1. Cognitive (Benjamin Bloom) ; includes all intellectual behaviors and require thinking

2. Affective (David Krathwohl) : deals with expression of feelings and acceptance of attitudes, opinions or values.

3. Psychomotor (Anita Harrow) : involves acquiring skills that require integration of mental and muscular activity

                                                                    9 Curriculum domains

1. curriculum philosophy
2. curriculum theory
3. curriculum research
4. curriculum history
5. curriculum development
6. curriculum design
7. curriculum evaluation
8. curriculum policy
9. curriculum as a field of study



                                             5 Principles of curriculum development

Principle 1
-The essence of curriculum design the need for a conceptual framework

Principle 2
-Conceptualizing attitudes and beliefs about learning

Principle 3
-An epistemological rationale

Principle 4
-The curriculum development/planning process

Principle 5
-The political realities of curriculum development

WEEK 5

                            DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EDUCATION AND SCHOOLING

Education

• broad
• take place anywhere, anytime, anyplace
• lack of formalization
• no assessment process
• non-official
• lack of system
• no need to certified person

Schooling

• particular location
• limited definition
• formalized
• official
• systemic
• compulsory period for attendance
• certified person

                                           
                                             SIX PERIODS IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
1. Infancy and early childhood
2. Middle childhood
3. Adolescence
4. Early adulthood
5. Middle age
6. Late maturity