Curriculum Development

Preface

The foremost aim of my effort is to equip the student teachers with a resourceful guide on Curriculum Development. This book covers all topics of ‘Curriculum Development’ which has been prescribed in the Tamilnadu Teachers Education University, Tamilnadu. I am hopeful and fully confident that this book, in its present form, will be very helpful to the B.Ed students.

Curriculum Development is one of the most important components of Education process. It is a very complex, ongoing and never ending process and it needs great attention. Framing of curriculum at various levels of education is a co-operative effort of curriculum experts, educationists, teachers, parents, students and voluntary agencies. I strongly believe that educators and teachers need to possess a strong framework from which the curriculum for pupils may be envisioned and brought forth. With the advent of ICT revolution, globalization and economic reforms it is imperative to resort curriculum reform.

It is highly imperative that the educational curriculum be paid the highest attention, as it shapes the way education is received by students. Frequently teachers have little knowledge about their role in curriculum development. Being a teacher educator, I realised the importance of curriculum development and made an attempt to explain the various aspect of curriculum development.

This book talks about the concepts, meaning, definition and types of curriculum. This book also discusses foundations of curriculum and provides the basic tasks for Curriculum Development and Curriculum Designing. Due importance is given for on various approaches of curriculum Development, Curriculum Transaction and Outcomes of curriculum Evaluation in this book.

This book is an introductory in nature and it has been written with the intention of giving quality information. I will be very grateful to the readers if its deficiencies are pointed out so that they may be removed in the next edition.

I should thank my family members for their continuous support and encouragement, especially, my wife, J. Jeya Devi Vernocia and my beloved son Joshua, my daughter Jene and my father-in-law K.Jeyaprakash Narayanan for patiently undergoing all inconveniences caused to them till the completion of this book.

Thanks to Prof. Dr. C.V. Subbhuraam, Dean, Centre for Participatory and Online Programmes, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, for his encouragement in initiating this academic endeavour. I am thankful for my colleagues Dr. A. Velayudhan

and Mr. V. Kaviyarasu for nurturing my ideas for this academic cause.

S. Arulsamy