LESSON 5

• Curriculum implementation


  How teachers deliver instruction and assessment through the use of specified resources provided in a curriculum
• Curriculum implementation process


  1. Putting the formal curriculum into practice

  2. Helping the learner acquire knowledge or experience

  3. Translating the planned or officially designed course of study into syllabuses, schemes of work and lessons to be delivered to students
• Importance of curriculum implementation process

  • Help the Learners
  • Achieve Objectives
  • Make the curriculum Effective
• Curriculum workers


  Individuals involved in shaping and implementing educational curriculum
• Practitioners


  • Involved in creating, implementing and assessing curriculum content and instructional strategies
• Teachers


  • Interpret and adapt curriculum materials to suit the needs and abilities of their students
  • Provide feedback and assess learning outcomes
• School administrators


  • Collaborate with teachers to align curriculum with educational standards
  • Allocate resources and provide support for instructional staff
  • Evaluate curriculum effectiveness and adjust as needed to improve student outcomes
• Curriculum evaluator


  Someone responsible for assessing and analyzing educational curricula to determine their effectiveness, relevance, and alignment with educational goals and standards
• Curriculum advocate


  Someone who actively supports, promotes, and champions for a specific curriculum or educational approach
• Curriculum developers


  • Research standards, consult with educators, develop lesson plans, design materials, and incorporate interactive activities and assessments
• Phases of curriculum planning

  1. Planning

  2. Content and Method

  3. Implementation

  4. Evaluation and Reporting
• Planning phase


  • Identifying problems or issues, forming a curriculum development team, and conducting assessments and analyses
• Content and method phase

  1. Identifying intended outcomes

  2. Identifying the content

  3. Designing method of teaching
• Implementation phase


  1. Produce curriculum product

  2. Test and revise curriculum

  3. Recruit and train facilitators

  4. Implement curriculum
• Evaluation and reporting phase

  1. Design evaluation strategies

  2. Reporting and securing resources
• Implementing a curriculum involves various considerations such as alignment with educational standards, teacher training, availability of resources, assessment methods and flexibility to adapt to student needs and feedback
• Curriculum evaluation


  The process of collecting data on a programme to determine its value or worth with the aim of deciding whether to adopt, reject, or revise the program
• Reasons for curriculum evaluation

  • To identify strengths and weaknesses of an existing curriculum
  • To monitor whether the designed or implemented curriculum is producing desired results
  • To provide information for teachers, school managers, curriculum specialists to make policy recommendations to enhance learning outcomes
  • To make decisions on whether to retain, modify, or discard the curriculum
• Stakeholders interested in curriculum evaluation

  • The public
  • Teachers
  • Curriculum developers/planners
• Intrinsic value


  Addresses the appropriateness of a curriculum in a given context
• Instrumental value


  Attempts to clarify what the curriculum is good for and who the intended audience/target group is
• Comparative value


  Comparison of programmes including ease of delivery, cost, student achievement, demand on resources, community responsiveness, role in the school organization
• Idealization value


  Requires continued action to fine tune the program's content, materials, methods so students can derive optimal benefits
• Decision value


  The main focus is on decision making, i.e, whether to retain, modify, or discard the new curriculum
• Areas of focus in curriculum evaluation

  • Program design
  • Process
  • Product
  • Personnel
• Areas for study in curriculum evaluation

  • Program design
  • Facilities usage
  • Policies and regulations
  • Resource utilization
  • Student performance
  • Teacher effectiveness
  • Staff development
  • Parent-community feedback
• Objectives of curriculum evaluation

  • Examine and evaluate the historical, philosophical, ethical, social, economic, and political influence on curriculum
  • Evaluate curriculum methods and structures in relation to national curricular standards and to national value-added mandates
  • Relate cognitive and brain-based research to curricular methods, structure, and intents
  • Analyze the compatibility of the curriculum and related assessments
  • Explore effects of curriculum on teaching, learning, supervision, and policy
  • Evaluate the curricular demands of a digital age
  • Define personal philosophy and approaches regarding curriculum design, development, and implementation
• Curriculum evaluation models

  • Research, Development & Diffusion
  • Problem Solving
  • Social Interactive
• Strategies of curriculum innovation

  • Participative problem solving
  • Planned linkage
  • Coercive strategies
• TEEP - Third Elementary Education Program

  SEDIP - Secondary Education Improvement and Development Program