Chapter 2, Lesson 2:

Approaches to
curriculum
designing
Princess Kyla P. Dap-og
 Learning objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:

a. Enumerate the subject-centered curriculum designs;

b. Define and differentiate the subject-centered curriculum designs; and

c. State specific examples that best explains the different subject-centered

curriculum design.
Find me,
where are
we?
Find me, where
are we?
 Types of
Curriculum
Design Models

Subject- Learner- Problem-

Centered Centered Centered
Design Design Design
 Subject-centered design
 Focus: Content of the Curriculum
 Corresponds mostly to the textbooks
 Curricularists: Henry Morrison and William Harris
 School hours subjects: Science, Math, Language, Social
Studies , Physical Education and others
 Practiced in the Philippines:
School day: class periods
School year: Quarters and semesters
 Subject-centered design
Other Definitions:
 Subject-centered curriculum design refers to reviewing the
skills, ideas and facts that are critical to a given subject area. (
www.topnotch.com)
 Subject-centered designs include the organization of
instructional activities in which the basic concepts and facts
specific to each subject area are emphasized by the subject-
matter expert by using subject-matter methods, tools and
materials (Burton, 2010).
 Subject Design

Discipline Design

Subject-Centered Design

Correlation Design

Broad field
design/Interdisciplinary
 Subject Design
(Individual subject)

Discipline Design
(Specific Discipline)

Subject-Centered Design

Correlation Design
(Combination of subjects)

Broad field
design/Interdisciplinary
 1. SUBJECT DESIGN
SUBJECT DESIGN
What subject are you teaching? What subject are you taking?

TEACHERS LEARNERS
 It is the oldest and the most familiar design for teachers, parents, and other laypeople.
 Easy to deliver.
 Textbooks are written, support instructional materials are commercially available.
 The number of subjects also differs according to the degree programs being pursued
in college.
1. SUBJECT DESIGN
DRAWBACKS
 Compartmentalized/Compartmentalization.

Teachers (Dispenser of knowledge)

Students (Empty Vessel)

State your own example:

 2. Discipline design
 Related to subject design.
 Subject design – Clusters of the content.
 Discipline design – Academic discipline.

Discipline – specific knowledge learned through a method the scholars use to

study a specific content of their field.

“Students in history should learn the

subject matter like historians.”
State your own example:
 3. Correlation design
 “Core” - correlated curriculum design links separate subject designs to
reduce fragmentation.

Ex:
English literature and social
studies correlate well at the State your own
elementary level. In the two example:
subjects, while history is being
studied, different literary pieces
during the historical period are
being studied.
 4. Broad field
design/Interdisciplinary
 Cure
compartmentalization of
the separate subject and
integrate the contents that
are related to each other.
Social Studies:
geography, economics, political
science, anthropology, sociology,
and history
Language arts:

State your own

example:
 Recap
Choose a number, count off using that number and ask for a letter that will directly
give you a question to answer or a statement to identify.
 Letters:

A B C D E F G H IJ
K L M NO P QRS T
UVW XYZ
Question:

A,n
What is the main focus
of subject-centered
design?
Question:
Who are the two
B known
curricularist who
believed in this
design?
Question:
According to subject-
C,o centered design, if
school hours is divided
into class period, a
school year is divided
into?
Question:
Enumerate the 4
D,p different
variations of
subject-centered
design.
Question:
It is the oldest and
E,q the most familiar
design for teachers,
parents, and other
laypeople.
Question:

R,F It is one of the

drawback of the the
subject design as a
variation.
Question:

g A variation
that
cures
compartmentalization.
Question:

H,s
A design or variation
that links separate
subject designs to
reduce
fragmentation.
Question:

I,t State an example

of subject-
design.
Question:

J,u State an example

of Discipline
design.
Question:

K,vState an example
of Correlation
design.
Question:

L,
w State an example
of Broad Field
Design.
Question:
M,x,y,z
Share your take-
aways from this
topic.
References:
• Subject-centered curriculum design definition and
meaning. (2022, October 18). Retrieved February 7,
2023, from https://tophat.com/glossary/s/subject-
centered-curriculum-design/
• Şahin, Ü. (2020). Curriculum design approaches of
pre- service teachers receiving pedagogical formation
training. International Journal of Progressive
Education, 16(4), 192-203.
doi:10.29329/ijpe.2020.268.12