Contemporary Designs for Curriculum Development

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Contemporary Designs for Curriculum Development

• Dr. Beth Wilson

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Contemporary Designs for Curriculum Development

• As we have read and discussed in previous
  classes, our current CTE system is very complex.
  Curriculum developers are currently using designs
  to consider and counteract potential problems in
  this complex system.

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A Systems View of Curriculum Development

• Helps curriculum developers design curriculum
  that is relevant.
• Allows us to look at the big picture and give
  consideration to a multitude of curriculum
  related factors.

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What is a system?

• an organized way of doing something
• a collection of elements, interacting with each
  other to achieve a common goal
• Finch and Crunkilton (1999), Curriculum
  Development in Vocational and Technical
  Education, Needham Heights, MA., p.26.

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Systems Model for Performance Improvement
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What are the parts of a system?

• Environment- context within which the system
  operates-in some cases the environment may put
  constraints on a system
• Feedback- provides results of the output so it
  can be compared to the desired output

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What are the parts of a system?

• Inputs- that which enters the system form the
  environment
• Output- product of the system returned to the
  environment
• Process- sub-processes in the system that act on
  input and transfer it to output

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This is an example of how a systems approach can
be applied and used to explain a high school
agricultural education program.
Environment ( School, Community, Business,
Industry, Government, Etc.)
PROCESS (Program)
Output- Program Graduates
Input- Students
Feedback
Figure 2.2 Vocational Program System
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What are models?

• A simplified yet communicable representation of
  a real-world setting or situation.
• Finch and Crunkilton (1999), Curriculum
  Development in Vocational and Technical
  Education, Needham Heights, MA., p.29.

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Models

• Communicate in several ways
• Systemically
• Procedurally
• Conceptually
• Some Models are Systems Some Systems are
  Models.
• Use definitions to decipher.

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Group Discussion- A System, Model or Both?

• What is the chart on page 4 of the Procedures
  Manual for the Development of North Carolina
  Standard Courses of Study?

See next slide for answer
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Group Discussion- A System, Model or Both?

• What is the chart on page 4 of the Procedures
  Manual for the Development of North Carolina
  Standard Courses of Study?

Answer a model
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Group Discussion- A System, Model or Both?

• What is the chart on page 5 of the Procedures
  Manual for the Development of North Carolina
  Standard Courses of Study?

See next slide for answer
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Group Discussion- A System, Model or Both?

• What is the chart on page 5 of the Procedures
  Manual for the Development of North Carolina
  Standard Courses of Study?

Answer a model and a system
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Examine other selected Designs Review these in
Chap. 2 (p.32-40 of the text)

• Systems Model for Performance Improvement
• Curriculum Pedagogy Assessment Model
• Integrated System for Workforce Educ. Curriculum
• Performance-Based Instructional Design System
• The Thematic Curriculum Framework