Week 2 08 March 2021 The Nature of Curriculum


First thing first: There are two kinds of approaches to course design: product-oriented and process-oriented.The process-oriented approach takes into account how a skill is performed, whereas the product-oriented approach assesses the skill's outcome.


In real life, the result is important, the procedure to create a result is not important. This is the case especially in professional life, but the school environment is different. The steps to create an outcome becomes important as well, because school’s sole duty is not to create students with specific goals, instead it supports creativity. So both approaches have value and applications.


There is an order of teaching as all we know: From basic to complex, from concrete to abstract etc. So, these aspects of teaching and learning should be also considered for a good curriculum and course design. Finally, as the curriculum and teaching methods change in Turkey, we as teacher must adapt ourselves to these changes.

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