Get premium membership and access revision papers, questions with answers as well as video lessons.

Got a question or eager to learn? Discover limitless learning on WhatsApp now - Start Now!

Pac/Pg/1: Curriculum Development Question Paper

Pac/Pg/1: Curriculum Development

Course:Post Graduate Diploma In Education, Guidance & Counseling ( )

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2005

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION

PAC/PG/1: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

INSTRUCTIONS

Answer Question ONE (1) and any other TWO questions.

NB: All answers to chosen questions must start on fresh page.

1. Explain briefly the advantages of each of the following Five (5) terms as used in curriculum studies.

a. Curriculum design (2mks)
b. Sequence (2mks)
c. Piloting (2mks)
d. In-service teacher education (2mks)
e. Objectives (2mks)
Total 10mks

2
a. Identify elements of Tyler''s (1949) model of curriculum development process (4mks)

b. Briefly explain each of the elements you have identified in 2 (a) here above (4marks for each)

3.
a. Explain Learner Centred Curriculum design and give two advantages of its use (10mks)

b. Describe Subject Centred Curriculum design and give two disadvantages of its use (10mks)

4. Curriculum development of a country is a political activity (Omulando and Shiundu 1992). Discuss this statement showing how ideologies influence curriculum development process from time to time (20mks)

5. Discuss how National Unity as a National Goal of education in Kenya can be interpreted into a classroom action in aid of a country''s unity achievement (20mks)