Curriculum Advantage Disadvantage

designs
Subject- This approach provides a This approach
Centred thorough and detailed view unfortunately ignores the
Designs of the subject where personal and social
  students can be guided from development of the child.
beginning to end. Students
will learn the fundamentals Assessment is often based
to challenges in the solely on regurgitating
particular subject and
improve and increase
material and not on overall
knowledge this way. comprehension or the
  practical use of the
This approach also makes it
material in everyday life to
easy for assessment as test solve problems.
scores and progress can  
quantified. The disadvantage of this
  approach is the students need
Students are used to it since is not taken into consideration.
school and it helps learning It is not be suitable if we have
in a step-by-step fashion. students who have short
attention span (ADD and
 
ADHD).
Learner- It gives power to the It often relies on the teacher's
Centred learners: they are identified ability to create or select
Designs as the experts in knowing materials appropriate to
  what they need to know. learners' expressed needs.
   
The constructivist element Teachers may also find it
of this approach honours difficult to strike an acceptable
the social and cultural balance among the competing
context of the learner. needs and interests of
  students.
It creates a direct link  
between in-class work and  
learners' need for literacy
outside the classroom.
Problem- Problem-centred designs The minimal guidance leading
Centred offer a combination of to inefficient and ineffective
Designs psychological and learning. Based on our current
motivational advantages, knowledge of human cognitive
including support for architecture, minimally guided
learning transfer, learner instruction is likely to be
popularity, engagement, ineffective.
teachable moments,
integrated learning, and an
opportunity to focus on
problem-solving processes
as well as outcomes.