Curriculum Perspectives

Compiled by Irfan Fajrul Falah

 Curriculum

Contemporar
Traditional
y

(Orstein, 1991)
 Traditional
Philosophies
Contemporary /
Progressive
 (McNeil, 1990)
Humanistic

Contemporary Cognitive
Process
Academic
Conception
of
Curriculum

Traditional

Social Technolog
Reconstruction y
 Academic conception
Purpose : to enhance
Content : emphasize the the individual’s
knowledge, skills and intellectual abilities
values that found in the in the subject areas
various academic
disciplines

Approach : Evaluation : emphasize

Expository methods examinations and testing
(attached to subject of knowledge and skills
matters) & modelling
 Humanistic conception

Purpose : provide learner

Content : valuing situation,
to discover and to Evaluation
social emphasis, and self- Approach :
construct learning for : emphasis
understanding experiences Integrated
themselves. (Eisner & personal
that could enrich learning “real-life”
Vallence,1974; Schiro, growth
experience.
2008; Sowell, 2005)
 Social-Reconstrutionist conception
Purpose : to prepare students for living in a changing society by
providing them with tools they can use to function appropriately

Content: subject matter focuses on environmental, economic,

social and political issues or perspectives happening in society.

Approach : group activity

Evaluation: Emphasis on students’ activities in handling

social issues or problems.
 Technology Conception

• to determine the most efficient means, using

Purpose instructional technology to achieve curricular goals

• Academic disciplines are used as a content base for

Content the technological conception

• Empasis on relationship between the learner and

Approach the information source

• Use traditional testing to measure of the

Evaluation attainment of learning objectives formulated.
 Purpose : The curriculum should shape the
intellectual and cognitive skills of the learner

Content : provided with the correct set of

intellectual skills they can grow to be intellectually
independent and can use them in situations outside
of school (Eisner & Vallance, 1974
Approach : Interactive
Learning

Evaluation : emphasize
examinations and testing of
Cognitive Process Conception knowledge and skills
The relationship between the different conceptions of curriculum,
educational philosophies and curriculum designs
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