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Design of curricuum SUBJECT BASED

What is curriculum? 

All the learning which is planned and guided by the school, whether it is carried on in groups or individually, inside or outside the school

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Curriculum Design REFERS TO THE STRUCTURE OR THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE COMPONENTS OR ELEMENTS OF A CURRICULUM

SubjectCentered Curriculum

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This model focuses on the content of the curriculum.

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The subject centered design corresponds mostly to the textbook written for the specific subject.

SubjectCentered Curriculum

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The subject centered curriculum is based on subject

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All knowledge is transferred to student through the subjects.

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Subject centered curriculum assign the greatest importance to subject matter rather than to the students

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It consists of having students in classes for one subjects at a time such as mathematics for 45 minutes, science for 45 minutes.

Objectives of subject centered curriculum

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Mastery of the subject matter is the central task

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To transfer cultural heritage

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To represent knowledge

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To impart information 

Questions focus on "what" rather than "how" or "why."

Common Feature

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A textbook is the primary instructional tool

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The breadth of the subject-centered curriculum is determined by the number of subjects taught.

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Each subject has three characteristics:

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a unique body of content

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its own intellectual discipline (e.g., scientific method, historical method, etc.)

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its own pattern for organizing the content.

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Subjects are clearly defined and distinguished.

Students like it , they are used to it and it fits their idea of what school should be. What students learn , they learn well.

Advantage

This approach is efficient in a field in which resources for staff development are limited.

Drawbacks of subject centered curriculum

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Teachers wouldn’t be able to innovate their teaching style to help students learn in a creative way

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Students simply memorize what they need to know in order to pas a test , instead of actually learning it.

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Teachers are teaching the students to think inside the box in order to the exams

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Ignores interest of students• No process of insight or thinking

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Rote memory

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Neglects social problems and demands

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ive learning

Examples of Subjectcentered curriculum

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Students in history should learn the subject matter like historians, students in biology shoul learn how biologist learn, and so with students in mathematics should learn how mathematicians learn.

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The discipline design model of curriculum is ofte used in college

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Discipline becomes the degree program.

A diagram of this design is as follows: