COMPONENTS AND PHASES OF

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Prepared by: MYLA C. OGAYA

 Curriculum plays an important role
in an educational system. It is somehow
a blueprint which leads the teacher and
the learner to reach the desired
objectives. As a result, authorities have
to design it in such a way that it could
lead the teacher and the learner meet
the desired learning outcomes.
COMPONENTS OF CURRICULUM
 1. AIMS, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES

• Can be simplified as “what is to be

done”
• Define the purpose and what the
curriculum is to be acted upon and try
what to drive at
 2. SUBJECT MATTER/CONTENT

• Contains information on what are to

be learned in school
• An element or medium through the
aims, goals, and objectives are
accomplished
 3. EXPERIENCE

• Instructional strategies and methods are the

core of the curriculum. These will put into
action the goals and use of the content in
order to produce an outcome.
• It would convert the written curriculum to
instruction.
 4. EVALUATION

• It identifies the quality, effectiveness of

the program, process and product of the
curriculum.
• An element of an effective curriculum
PHASES OF CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT
 1. PLANNING

• Lays the foundation for all of the curriculum

development steps.
• Steps in Planning:
1. Identify issue, problem or need.
2. Form curriculum development team.
3. Conduct needs assessment and analysis.
 2. CONTENT AND METHODS

• Determines intended outcomes (what learners will be able to

do after participation in curriculum activities), the content
(what will be taught), and the methods (how it will be taught).
• Steps include:
1. State intended outcomes.
2. Select content.
3. Design experiential methods.
 3. IMPLEMENTATION

•Once the content and experiential methods have been

agreed upon, the actual production of curriculum
materials begins.
•Steps:
1.Test and revise curriculum.
2.Reporting and securing resources
3.Implement curriculum.
 4. EVALUATION

• Two types of evaluation, formative and summative,

are used during curriculum development.
• Formative evaluations are used during the needs
assessment, product development, and testing steps.
• Summative evaluations are undertaken to measure
and report on the outcomes of the curriculum.
 REFERENCES

• http://olga-syscurriculum.blogspot.com/2011/05/4-components-
of-curriculum-cayadong.html
• https://www.slideshare.net/RhiaMee07/phases-of-curriculum-
development
• http://www.nationalforum.com/Electronic%20Journal
%20Volumes/Lunenburg,%20Fred%20C.%20Components
%20of%20a%20Curriculum%20Plan%20Schooling
%20V2%20N1%202011.pdf
THANK YOU!