Curriculum Development: An Overview Read the following curriculum development overview. This one is long. You might find that if you print it in draft mode on your printer it is less straining on the eyes. Curriculum Development: An Overview INTRODUCTION Ever since the term curriculum was added to educators’ vocabularies‚ it has seemed to convey many things to many people. To some‚ curriculum has denoted a specific course‚ while to others it has meant the entire educational environment. Whereas
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Child Centered Learning ‘The student knows more than the teacher about what he has learnt – even if he knows less about what was taught.’ (Peter Elbow) Child Centered Learning It is also referred as child centred pedagogy‚ child centred education‚ child centred teaching‚ student centred teaching or student centre learning. Child centered learning approach is a philosophy‚ not a methodology – which is why there are so many different approaches and no two classrooms applying it will look
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3.3- LEARNER-CENTERED APPROACH/CURRICULUM Introduction: • The term learner-centered approach focusing on the student’s learning and what they do to achieve this‚ has widespread usage. • Implementing learner-centered approach involves changes in three areas: 1. Curriculum Design‚ 2. Teaching and Learning Methods and 3. Assessment Practices. Learner-Centered Approach to Curriculum Design • A learner centered approach to curriculum design gives • A Learner-Centered
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Problem-centered approach • This approach is based on a curriculum design which assumes that in the process of living‚ children experience problems. Thus‚ problem solving enables the learners to become increasingly able to achieve complete or total development as individuals. This approach is characterized by the following views and beliefs: 1. The learners are capable of directing and guiding themselves in resolving problems‚ thus they become independent learners. 2. The learners are prepared
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Family-Centered Approach ECE 313 Collaboration with Parents & Community Kathleen Thomas October 10‚ 2011 Instructor Cindy Hopper The economy has hit an all time low and has caused two parent households and single parent households into the workforce. As a result of this the parents are looking for childcare centers for their children. The main concern of these parents is will the centers help with the behavior and development of their children. These parents are
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The whole ethos of a Child Centred Approach is built around the needs of the individual child; the setting should fit to meet to needs of the child‚ not the other way around. Practitioners should look at the child as a whole- their strengths‚ weaknesses‚ abilities‚ preferred learning styles as well as any Special Educational Needs or disabilities they may have. The Child Centred Approach allows children to choose‚ make connections and communicate‚ providing them with the freedom to think for themselves
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The client centred therapy was developed by Carl Rogers in 1942 and was based on his personal experience with clients. He believed that everyone is capable of solving their own problems if the right conditions are provided. He proposed that the therapist’s role was to listen to clients‚ be empathic with them‚ and accept them for who they were rather than offer deep interpretations of unconscious material or mechanistically change behaviors. He emphasized the real relationship between the therapist
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theory that I feel best describe how I see my philosophy approach being based around. I have choose the theory of: Person-Centered theory. In this paper I am going to go over these theories‚ identify the skills that go along with each theory‚ and reflect on how it relates to myself. The theory I am going to go over is Person-Centered Theory. Carl R. Rogers is one of the most significant psychologist ‚ in being famous for his client-centered psychotherapy theories (Trialog‚ 2002). Rogers worked as
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Student-Centered Student-centered learning is viewed as a progressive approach to teaching. The focus in student-centered learning is to make students more aware of the material they are learning and why it is important. Teachers want to make students more active in the classroom‚ by encouraging them to interact with one another. The teacher measures achievement based on individual student performance‚ instead of comparing each person to their peers. Teachers practicing student-centered learning
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Family Centered Approach ECE 313 May 2‚ 2011 Family Centered Approach The family center approach believes a child’s family is very important to the cognitive and social development skills. Our family defines who we are as a person and oftentimes is a reflection of self. Our family defines culture‚ economical‚ race‚ values and beliefs. A child’s first teacher is the parents‚ and without parental guidance a child would lack important skills to become successful in society
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