Developing the Curriculum Peter F. Oliva

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Developing the CurriculumPeter F. Oliva

• Chapter 8
• Curriculum Goals and Objectives
• Jack Baker, Alisa Barnette, Marty Gilchrist,
  Bruce Hunt, Beth Jones

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Define and give an example of

• Aims of education
• Curriculum goals
• Curriculum objectives

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Aims of Education

• The very broad, general statements of the
  purposes of education.
• They are meant to give general direction to
  education throughout the country.
• For example To prepare youth to fit into a
  planned society.

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Are curriculum goals objectives different from
instructional goals and objectives?

• Yes, according to our text.

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Curriculum Goals

• Are a purpose or end stated in general terms
  without criteria or achievement.
• They are derived from a statement of philosophy,
  defined aims of education, and assessment of
  needs.

• Example
• Students will demonstrate responsible behavior as
  citizens of our school, community, state, nation,
  and world.

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Characteristics of Curriculum Goals

• They relate to the educational aims and
  philosophy.
• They are programmatic.
• They refer to the accomplishment of groups rather
  than the achievement of individual students.
• They are broad enough to lead to specific
  curriculum objectives.

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Curriculum Objectives

• A purpose or end stated in specific, measurable
  terms.
• They refine the curriculum goal.

• Example
• One hundred percent of the students will make
  some kind of positive contribution to the
  communitys clean-up campaign.

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Characteristics of Curriculum Objectives

• We can change a goal into an objective by adding
  the following three elements
• Performance or behavioral terms.
• The degree of mastery desired by the curriculum
  planners.
• Conditions under which the performance will take
  place, if not readily understood.

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On completion of the first testing, 75 of the
eleventh graders will have successfully passed
the states minimal competencies test by
completion of the second testing, 90 will have
passed.
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Yes.

• The performance expected successfully passing
  the states minimal competencies test.
• Degrees of mastery 75 and 90.
• The condition completion of the first and
  second testing.

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Validating and Determining Priority of Goals and
Objectives

• Validation is the process of determining whether
  the goals and objectives are accepted as
  appropriate or right for the school proposing
  them.

• Determining priority is the placing of the goals
  and objectives in order of relative importance to
  the school.