Eisner’s Artistic Approach to Curriculum Development

Goals and Priorities

Content of Curriculum

Types of Learning Opportunities

Organization of Learning Opportunities

Organization of content areas

Mode of presentation and model of response

Types of evaluation

Elliot W. Eisner

Was a famous curriculum scholar.

In 1979, he published the book “The Educational Imagination” where he presented his idea on how curriculum
development.
Eisner (1979) believed that there is a need to develop a new theory that recognizes the artistry of teaching which
is useful in helping teachers to develop those arts.
In his, books, Eisner outlined how artistic this approach can also be used in curriculum.

Eisner’s Artistic Approach to Curriculum Development Model

Goals and priorities: the need to consider less, well- defined objectives as well as explicit ones. The need for
deliberation I talking through priorities.
Content of Curriculum: options to consider in selecting curriculum. Caveats about the null curriculum.
Types of Learning opportunities: emphasis on transforming goals and content into learning events that will be
of significance to students
Organization of Learning opportunities: emphasis on a linear approach in order to encourage diverse student
outcomes
Organization of content areas: emphasis on cross-curricula organization of content
Mode of presentation and model of response: use of number of modes of communication to widen educational
opportunities for students
Types of evaluation procedure: use of a comprehensive range of procedures at different stages of the process of
curriculum development.