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Definition of Curriculum Development

Curriculum development is a complex process that involves decisions made by various stakeholders at different levels to create learning experiences. It aims to address the needs of society and learners. Curriculum development establishes educational change and improves teaching practices and student learning. It has become increasingly complex with the focus on developing communicative competence in language learning. The process of curriculum development involves identifying needs, setting goals and objectives, selecting educational strategies, implementing the curriculum, and providing ongoing evaluation and feedback.

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Definition of Curriculum Development

Curriculum development is a complex process that involves decisions made by various stakeholders at different levels to create learning experiences. It aims to address the needs of society and learners. Curriculum development establishes educational change and improves teaching practices and student learning. It has become increasingly complex with the focus on developing communicative competence in language learning. The process of curriculum development involves identifying needs, setting goals and objectives, selecting educational strategies, implementing the curriculum, and providing ongoing evaluation and feedback.

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Definition of Curriculum Development:

Curriculum development is understood as a process implying a wide range


of decisions concerning learning experiences, taken by different actors at
different levels, i.e. politicians, experts, and teachers at the national,
provincial, local, institutions and also international levels.
Khwaja, Iftikhar Uddin, et al. (n.d.) Curriculum Development, Assessment, and Evaluation
Professional Competency Enhancement Program for Teacher (PCEPT). Islamabad:
Higher Education Commision.
Curriculum deals with the arrangement of curriculum materials to
facilitate implementation
Offorma, G. C. (2014) Education in Nigeria: Development and Challenges.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280554159

Sugawara (2009, p. 446) Curriculum Development is crucial to preparing the


professional social worker to function competently within the rapidly changing
human service environment.
Sugawara, Carmen G. L. (2009). Building Social Capital Among Social Work
Educators: A Strategy for Curriculum Development. Journal of Social Work
Education: Fall 2009; 45,3; ProQuest Sociology pg. 445

Curriculum development has a broad scope because it is not only about the school, the
learners, and the teachers. It is also about the development of society in general.
Curriculum development is defined as planned, a purposeful, progressive, and systematic
process to create positive improvements in the educational system. Every time there are
changes or developments happening around the world, the school curricula are affected.
There is a need to update them to address the societys needs.
Alvior, Mary G. (December 13, 2014). The Meaning and Importance of Curriculum
Development. In SimplyEducate.Me. Retrieved
from http://simplyeducate.me/2014/12/13/the-meaning-and-importance-of-curriculumdevelopment/

(225) Curriculum development plays a crucial role in establishing educational


change. Many large-scale curriculum reforms are initiated to improve classroom
practices and to enhance student learning.
Nijhuis, C.J.G., PIETERS, J. M. & Voogt, J. M. (2013) Influence of culture on
curriculum development in Ghana: an undervalued factor?, Journal of Curriculum
Studies, 45:2, 225-250, DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2012.737861
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Second-language curriculum development has become increasingly complex


since the advent of communicative language teaching during the 1980s. In
various countries, school curricula increasingly take into account learners
present or predicted communication requirements, the kinds of things they are
likely to want to say, read, or write in the target language. Communicative
intentions replace grammatical forms, and communicative competence is the
overriding objective of instruction (Hessische Kultusminister, 1980, p. 23). The
Scottish modern language syllabi that evolved from an earlier pilot known as
GLAFLL1 provide for the simulation of authentic language-using situations with
ongoing pupil input (Scottish Examination Board, 1987).

Diffey, Norman.

Curriculum Development: Process


Teaching is a complex endeavor. The following steps for Curriculum Development may be useful as you think
about your course set-up and teaching methodology. The websites in the right-hand column are useful
resources for Course Directors and Instructors.
from: Kern, Thomas, Howard, and Bass (1998) Curriculum Development for Medical Education (pages 4-6)

Step 1: Problem Identification and General Needs Assessment


"identification and critical analysis of a health care need to other problem."
Step 2: Needs Assessment of Targeted Learners
"Assessing the needs of one targeted group of learners..."
Step 3: Goals and objectives
"Once the needs of targeted learners have been identified, goals and objectives
curriculum can be written..."

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Step 4: Educational Strategies


"Once objectives have been clarified, curriculum content is chosen and educational methods are
selected that will most likely achieve the educational objectives."
Step 5: Implementation
There are several components:
"procurement of political support for the curriculum
identification and procurement of resources
identification and address of barriers to implementation
introduction of the curriculum...(piloting...)
administration of the curriculum
refinement of the curriculum"
Step 6: Evaluation and Feedback
"It usually is desirable to assess the performance of both individuals (individual evaluation) and
the curriculum (called program evaluation)."
"The purpose of evaluation may be formative (to provide ongoing feedback so that the learners or
curriculum can improve) orsummative (to provide a final "grade" or assessment of the performance of
the learner or curriculum").

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