The Curriculum: models

ESP311 Human Movement

Pedagogy 2

Curriculum models
Models:
Definition?

Curriculum models
Models:
Definition:
A simplified representation of reality
which is often depicted in
diagrammatic form

Curriculum models
Model:
Purpose?

Curriculum models
Model:
Purpose:
To provide a structure for examining
the elements that go to make up
curriculum planning, and how these
elements interrelate.

Curriculum models
Model:
The literature in the area of
curriculum has accepted the use of
the term model to explain both the
nature and the process of curriculum
development.

Curriculum models
Modelsareusedtoexplain:
levelsofcurriculum
aspectsoforganizationpractice
aspectsofclassroominstruction
typesofdecisionmaking

Curriculum models
Aredesignedtoprovideabasisfordecisions
regardingtheselection,structuringand
sequencingoftheeducationalexperiences

Curriculum models
Over to you
From last weeks tasks 4 and 5

Over to you 4
Think back to your own HPE experiences at secondary school.
On what basis were the activities you did in HPE chosen
and sequenced?
Did you experience the same activities each year?
How did major events in the school calendar influence the
content?
Were you helped to refine your knowledge and skills?
Did students have opportunities to choose the activities?
(adapted from Tinning, et al)

Over to you 5
When you are preparing a plan for a unit of
work:
What elements would you need to consider in

your planning, eg outcomes

Put these elements into a suggested planning

sequence or diagram form

The curriculum process

The development of a curriculum involves the
developer in decisions about the nature and
appropriateness of the substantive elements, eg the:
outcomes
content

method

assessment

strategies

These decisions are made in relation to the context in which the

curriculum will operate.

A continuum of curriculum
models
Rational/objectives models
Cyclical models
Dynamic/interaction models

A continuum of curriculum
models
Rational/objectives models:
Ralph Tyler
Hilda Taba

A continuum of curriculum
models
Cyclical models:
Wheeler
Nichols

A continuum of curriculum
models
Dynamic/interaction models :
Walker
Skilbeck

HPE Instructional Models

Need to consider which of the models

makesthemostsensetoyouasthemajor
purposeforyourprogram?

Canyoudefendsuchafocusto:
Parents
SchoolPrincipal
Otherteachers

HPE Instructional Models

multiactivitymodel
sporteducation
fitnesseducationmodel
selfesteemmodel
movementanalysismodel
developmentalmodel
personalandsocialdevelopmentmodel

HPE Curriculum Models

Broadcategories
Subjectmattermodels
multiactivitymodel
sporteducation
fitnesseducationmodel
movementanalysismodel
adventureeducation
Personalmeaningmodels
selfesteemmodel
developmentalmodel
personalandsocialdevelopmentmodel
Learningprocessmodel
gamessense

HPE Instructional Models

Foreachmodel:
Whatisthevalueperspectivefor
contentselection?
personal/individualdevelopment?
socialandculturalgoals?
Whichvalueperspectiveisgivenhighervalue?
They differ from each other in the implied decision concerning

whatcontentand/ormethodologyismostworthwhile

HPE Instructional Models

Task
Whatmodelsmakethemostsensetoyou?
Ranktheseintermsofyourpersonalpreferences:
multiactivitymodel
sporteducation
fitnesseducationmodel
selfesteemmodel
movementanalysismodel
developmentalmodel
personalandsocialdevelopmentmodel

Inacoupleofsentencesoutlinethereasonforyourfirsttwo

choices?

HPE Instructional Models

Task (cont)
Afteryouhaverankedthesemodelsandreflectedonthe

reasons for your choices take a minute to trace the

originsofyourreasons.
Forexample:
yourowninterestsandvalues?
whatyouhavelearnedasanHPEmajorstudent?
thevaluesofacoachorteacheryouadmire?
whatyouperceivetobetheneedsofyouthtoday?

HPE Instructional Models

Conclusion:
Manyfactorscaninfluencetheabovedecisions
Itisperfectlyvalidtofeelstronglyaboutaparticularcurriculum

purpose

Infactitwillenhanceyourcommitmentandenthusiasm

But:
Youneedtobeawareofthispersonalinfluenceandmodifyitwith
additionalknowledge,experiencesand,importantly,reflection.