Subject/Teacher Centered Design

• The subject centered curriculum is based on subject.

All knowledge is transferred to student through the
subjects.
• Subject matter taught should reflect basic areas that
are essentials and agreed upon content for learner
attainment.
 Objectives of subject centered
curriculum

• To transfer cultural heritage

• To represent knowledge
• To impart information
 Drawbacks of subject centered
curriculum
• Ignores interest of students
• No process of insight or thinking
• Rote memory
• Neglects social problems and demands
• Passive learning
Criticisms of Subject Centered Design
These criticisms are based on the following arguments:
Subject-centered curriculum tends to bring about a high degree of disintegration.
They argue that with the current increase in knowledge more subjects are created and added to the school
curriculum as areas of study.
Subject-centered curriculum lacks integration of content. Learning in most cases tends to be cataloged.
Subjects or knowledge are broken down into smaller seemingly unrelated bits of information to be learned.
There has always been an assumption that information learned through subject matter-curriculum will be
transferred for use in everyday life situations. This assumption of claim has been doubted by many schools
of thought that argue that automatic transfer of the information already learned is not possible.
The design stresses content and tends to neglect the needs, interests and experience of the students. It is
examination oriented
 Teachers Centered V/S Learner-Centered Curriculum

Teacher-Centered Learner-Centered
 Focus is on instructor  Focus is on both students and instructor
 Instructor talks; students listen  Instructor models; students interact with
instructor and one another
 Students work alone  Students work in pairs, in groups, or alone
depending on the purpose of the activity
 Instructor monitors and corrects every student  Students talk without constant instructor
utterance monitoring
 Instructor chooses topics  Students have some choice of topics
 Instructor answers student’s questions about  Students answer each other’s questions, using
language instructor as an information resource
 Classroom is quite  Classroom is often noisy and busy
 Instructor evaluates student learning  Students evaluate their own learning; instructor
also evaluates