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BTE2601 ASSIGNMENT 3 2023
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- BTE 2601 (BTE2601)
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- University Of South Africa (Unisa)
BTE2601 ASSIGNMENT 3 2023
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BTE2601ASSIGNMENT 3
2023
ASSIGNMENT 3 BTE2601 2023
, ASSIGNMENT 03: COMPULSORY
QUESTION 1
1.1. Identify universal principles that are applied to curriculum documents
and approaches to curriculum. (8)
Curriculum has been used and applied with different meaning attached to it since the
beginning of the field. The word “curriculum” from its Latin origins means “to run a
court”. There are many conceptions and definitions of the curriculum: as content as
learner experiences as behavioural objectives as a plan for instruction and as a non-
technical approach. (Lurenburg, 2011:1) Over the years there has been various
conception of the concept curriculum. The intent of this assignment is to provide
overview of curriculum as a concept; giving different definitions of curriculum;
examining the various aspects/types of curriculums used in schools; Analysing the
levels of curriculum; describing the components of curriculum; and relationships that
the types of curriculums have.
To achieve education goals, various principles of curriculum design must be put in
place. These include the principle of personalization, breadth, relevance, challenge,
and enjoyment. The principle of personalization and choice is one of the key
principles of curriculum design. This principle plays a significant role in helping
teaching professionals and learning institutions in their practice and as a basis for
reviewing, evaluating, and improving the learning and teaching process once
considered for all children and young learners (Singer, 2000).
Another principle of curriculum design is called breadth in terms of learning
experience. Under this principle, all learners are provided with the opportunities for a
broad range of experiences in learning process (Apple, 1990). This is due to a fact
that their learning is planned and organized in a manner that they learn and develop
through a variety of contexts within both the classroom and other aspects of school
life. Relevance in terms of content is another key principle of curriculum design that
should not be left out. This is because it allows learners to recognize the purpose of
their learning and related activities. It is put in place to ensure that learners see the
value of what they are learning and its relevance to present and future lives.
The principle of challenge and content enjoyment is also one of the significant
principles of curriculum design. In this case, learners are meant to find their learning
process as challenging, attractive, and motivating (Halpern, 1998). This is achieved
when the curriculum encourages high aspirations and ambitions for all learners
despite their intelligence differences. In addition, learners are made to experience a
suitable level of challenge that enables them to achieve their potential. Finally,
another principle of curriculum design is coherence. According to Schmidt (2005),
this principle allows a combination of the learner’s different aspects of learning
activities to form a coherent experience that enhances the achievement of the
learning outcomes.
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