Information Package / Course Catalogue
Curriculum Development in Education
Course Code: EBB286
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To comprehend the basic concepts about the curriculum development, to comprehend bases of curriculum development, to do a need analysis for a curriculum design, to choose a design and a model in curriculum development process, to prepare and evaluate a curriculum design.

Course Content

The basic concepts of curriculum development; historical, philosophical, and social bases of curriculum development, curriculum development approaches and models, need assesment and evaluation in education, planning curriculum development, the processes of curriculum design, applying the curriculum, continuing the curriculum, new approaches in curriculum development and the effects of new trends to the process, reviewing curriculum researches, to prepare and to evaluate a curriculum design sample.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Mehmet ALTIN
Lec. Nurtaç ÜSTÜNDAĞ KOCAKUŞAK
Learning Outcomes
1.Knowledge of the fundemantal concepts of curriculum development
2.To be able to explain the relationship between curriculum development and the other sciences
3.To be able to explain the relation among curriculum components
4.To be able to compare basic curriculum development approches
5.To be able to analyze the basic curriculum development models
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Açıkgöz, Kamile Ün. (1996). Etkili Öğrenme ve Öğretme. İzmir: Kanyılmaz Matbaası.
2.Bilen, Mürüvvet (2002). Plandan Uygulamaya Öğretim. Anı Yayıncılık. Ankara.
3.Bloom, Benjamin. (1979). İnsan Nitelikleri ve Okulda Öğrenme. Çev: D. A. Özçelik Ankara: MEB Yayınevi
4.Demirel, Özcan. (2005). Kuramdan Uygulamaya Eğitimde Program Geliştirme. Sekizinci Baskı. Ankara: Pegem Yayıncılık
5.Doğan, Hıfzı. (1997). Eğitimde Program ve Öğretim Tasarımı. Ankara: Önder Matbaacılık.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic concepts of curriculum development
Week 2 - Theoretical
Historical foundations of curriculum development
Week 3 - Theoretical
Philosophical foundations of curriculum development
Week 4 - Theoretical
Social foundations of curriculum development
Week 5 - Theoretical
Psychological foundations of curriculum development
Week 6 - Theoretical
Economic foundations of curriculum development
Week 7 - Theoretical
Planning of curriculum development
Week 8 - Theoretical
Curriculum design approaches (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Curriculum development models
Week 10 - Theoretical
Components of curriculum, goals and its classification
Week 11 - Theoretical
Components of curriculum, content and its organisation
Week 12 - Theoretical
Components of curriculum, organisation of the learning and teaching process
Week 13 - Theoretical
Components of curriculum, organising the measurement and evaluation process
Week 14 - Theoretical
Curriculum evaluation models
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory144284
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)101
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-2
5
5
4
4
4
3
OÇ-3
5
3
4
3
3
3
OÇ-4
4
4
4
3
OÇ-5
4
3
4
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026