The Taba Model for Curriculum

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The Taba Model for curriculum was developed by Hilda Taba. It was called a grassroots effort as she advocated that the teachers themselves needed to be heavily involved in the development of the curriculum. She mentioned seven steps that should take place during the process of curriculum; the first step is the needs of the students and the expectations of society. To make informed decisions about the best instruction and assessments for students, taking into consideration of students with different learning disabilities, the teacher’s expectations on student’s achievement. The second step was to formulate the learning objectives. Generally, learning objectives are written in terms of learningoutcomes: What do you want your students to learn as a result of the lesson? For example: After completing the lesson, the student will be able to . . . After this unit, the student will have . . .By completing the activities, the student will . . . At the conclusion of the course/unit/study the student will . This helps the teachers to plan their lessons in a way that it will carry out their expectation of the students and in connection to what students learn outside of the classroom and what they take from the classroom into the society . The learning content will be selected based on the objectives. This was the third step mention in Hilda Taba model for curriculum development. Describing things for learners is the first vital step to creating an educational experience that will be meaningful, and will motivate them to complete the course. Begin by brainstorming a list of things you wish learners to know or be able to do. You will subsequently design measures for determining whether or not learners have accomplished these objectives (assessments), so thinks in terms of knowledge and skills that can be directly observed and measured. The fourth step was how the

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