Journal of English Language Teaching

Conceptualizing Curriculum Design and Renewal

Dhumal Suraj Nandkumar

Research Scholar, The English and Foreign Language University, Hyderabad

Keywords: Curriculum design, Renewal, Progressivism

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Abstract

In this article, an attempt has been made to connect the values and principles of classical humanism and reconstructionism with the product approach, and the characteristics of progressivism with the process approach to curriculum. A framework for an eclectic approach to curriculum design and renewal has also been attempted by taking the best features from each of the value systems. This article falls into three parts: the first part deals with the Tyler’s product approach to curriculum design and its association with Skilbeck’s two value systems –classical humanism and reconstructionism, while the second part deals with Stenhouse’s process approach to curriculum design and its association with Skilbeck’s third value system, viz. progressivism. The last part of the article tries to present an eclectic model for curriculum design and renewal

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