CUS3701 ASSESSMENT 02/2024

ASSIGNMENT 02

MODULE: CURRICULUM STUDIES

CUS3701

Year module

DEPARTMENT: CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL STUDIES

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ASSIGNMENT 02

MARKS: 100

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• Your name and student number.
• The assignment number (02).
• Module code: CUS3701.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Answer all the questions.

2. Attach the declaration form.

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STUDENT DECLARATION FORM

DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL STUDIES
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
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QUESTION 1

Various curriculum approaches to curriculum development have implications for

teachers and learners.

1.1 Insert a table and place the following curriculum implications (numbered 1 – 10
below) for teachers and learners under the correct approach, namely
behavioural, experiential, technological, naturalistic, humanistic and OBE:

For example:

APPROACH CURRICULUM IMPLICATION

Academic Curriculum development is a systematic process
directed by academic rationality and theoretical logic.

1. Teachers must perceive learners as cognitively functioning individuals within a

social context.
2. Assessment is continuous, based on a variety of techniques.
3. Self-directed, unstructured and personalised instruction programmes that are
“self-paced” are used.
4. The same curriculum elements of the academic, experience-based and
technological approaches can be used.
5. Teachers become reflective practitioners with seven roles to fulfil.
6. Informal and hidden curriculum is also important, not only the formal and planned
curriculum.
7. There is ongoing give and take within specific interest groups and viewpoints,
negotiation and curriculum consensus.
8. There is stress on teachers and their cooperative curriculum decisions.
9. Needs assessment is the point of commencement.
10. Permission is given for more teacher input in curriculum decisions.

(1x10=10)
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1.2 In a short essay, using your OWN words, choose a curriculum approach that
YOU think has similarities to the CAPS that teachers use in most South African
classrooms, and write your essay according to the following assessment criteria:

Assessment criteria:

• Identify which approach is in line with the CAPS (motivate).

(5)
• What are the assumptions of this approach?
(5)

• Discuss the curriculum implications for teachers and learners using this approach.
(5)
• Justify how you will implement this approach in your own subject.
(5)

(5x4=20)

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QUESTION 2

Read through the following statements or scenarios and write down which teaching
strategy will be the most effective:

2.1 Learners need to develop a strong base of declarative knowledge to synthesise

their knowledge into an appropriate model and recognise common solution
strategies.

2.2 It is two weeks before the election and you want the learners, who are 18
and who will vote for the first time, to understand exactly how a polling station
functions.

2.3 The teacher states a problem and ALL the learners in the class participate.
They have to find a solution.

2.4 As a teacher, you guide learners to construct new meaning and knowledge
based on existing knowledge.

2.5 The teacher and learners took turns leading small-group discussions based
on a reading.

2.6 The class is divided into small groups that must prepare and present a topic
that is unfamiliar to them. The teacher will provide support.
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2.7 As a Mathematics teacher, your main focus is to listen to the learners'

mathematical thinking and use it as a basis for instruction.

2.8 You want to encourage your learners to be open-minded and allow them to
develop self-confidence when reasoning.

2.9 Many aspects can facilitate the learning process, including books, media or
objects. But, most importantly, technology enables communication among
learners, between learner and teacher, or through automatic feedback.

2.10 Asking the learners randomly questions keep everyone on their toes
because no one knows who is going to be asked next.

(1x10=10)

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QUESTION 3

Effective questioning and feedback are key features in any teaching situation. They
are based on a dialogue between the teacher and learner.

Describe the features of effective questioning and feedback by substantiating it

with examples from your own experiences. DON’T COPY THE TEXTBOOK! YOU
NEED TO MAKE USE OF YOUR OWN EXAMPLES.

Suggested length: two to three pages

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QUESTION 4

Ralph Tyler (product), Stenhouse (process) and Freire (pragmatic) had different views
regarding curriculum planning and development.

4.1 Discuss what influences their views had on curriculum planning and development
by using the following four
sub-questions as guidelines for the discussion.

➢ Which principles for selecting contents and making decisions about

sequencing the contents are important? (5)
➢ How should the teacher be guided in their teaching of the curriculum? (5)
➢ What should be the focal point of assessment? (5)
➢ What is the most valuable aspect of the approach? (5)
(5x4=20)
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4.2 Identify and discuss which of the three curriculum approaches

(product/process/pragmatic) you would regard as the most appropriate for
South African schools within a diverse context (a variety of languages, beliefs,
and values) and as a developing country. Substantiate your discussion and
support your argument by demonstrating the weaknesses of the
approaches that you did not choose. (10)

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TOTAL [100]
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