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ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD
Department of Educational Planning,
Policy Studies and Leadership
SUBJECT: MAILING PACKAGE OF M.A. EPM-504 “CURRICULUM PLANNING AND EVALUATION” AUTUMN 2010, SEMESTER
Dear Students,
Assalam-o-Alaikum,
I feel great pleasure in welcome you to the MA EPM-504 course “Curriculum Planning and Evaluation” in the current semester. The course, as you would feel it, is meant for equipping the prospective planners and administrators with the skills and techniques required by them. I hope you would find this course quite interesting as well as useful in your professional development. I am sure that the successful completion of this course will be a major step towards achievement of the MA EPM degree from the University in due course of time.
This mailing package contains:
i) Course Book (Units 1-18)
ii) Four Assignments
iii) Assignment Proformas (12)
iv) Schedule for submitting assignments
v) Acknowledgement receipt
You will receive your workshop assignment in due course which you would be required to present and submit in writing in the forthcoming workshop of the course towards the end of the semester.
Towards the end I wish you a happy and enjoyable semester. My services are available as and when required.
With best wishes.
Yours sincerely,
(Dr. S. Manzoor Hussain Shah)
Course Coordinator
ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD
(Department of EPPSL)
1. PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING THE ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD OF DEGREE/CERTIFICATE, IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE.
2. SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN “AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”.
Course: Curriculum Planning and Evaluation (504) Semester: Autumn, 2010
Level: MA–EPM Total Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 40
Note: Before attempting assignments, please read the following instructions:
1. Please write in your assignment in legible handwriting.
2. Please submit the assignment on or before the specified date.
3. Late assignment will not be accepted in any case.
4. All questions carry equal marks.
ASSIGNMENT No. 1
(Units: 1-5)
Q.1 (a) Elaborate different steps being followed by the planner when planning a curriculum. (10)
(b) Discuss the different factors which usually affect the selection of curricular contents. (10)
Q.2 (a) Discuss the well established psychological principles, which are used as a basis for curriculum development. (10)
(b) “Economic Foundations of Curriculum can accelerate the development”. Justify this statement with specific arguments. (10)
Q.3 (a) Discuss the process adopted for curriculum development in Pakistan. (10)
(b) Which techniques are used for curriculum evaluation. Discuss with examples. (10)
Q.4 (a) Explain briefly the approaches adopted for the development of educational objectives. (10)
(b) Analyze various models of objectives and develop a model for Pakistan. (10)
Q.5 Write short notes on the following: (20)
(a) Levels of content and their function
(b) Procedures of content selection
(c) Principles of curriculum organization
(d) Selection and organization of teaching methods.
ASSIGNMENT No. 2
(Units: 6-9)
Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 40
Note: All questions carry equal marks.
Q.1 (a) Discuss the strategic steps and methods used for organizing an evaluation study of curriculum. (10)
(b) Enlist the problems of research design in curriculum evaluation. How does curriculum evaluation help in curriculum improvement? (10)
Q.2 (a) How are educational goals developed? Explain. (10)
(b) Discuss and evaluate the major approaches to curriculum planning. (10)
Q.3 (a) Discuss the fundamentals of testing and measurement. (10)
(b) Discuss in detail the objectives of population education at primary, secondary and upper secondary level. (10)
Q.4 (a) What kind of instructional material should be available to a teacher for imparting population education to students? (10)
(b) What is the impact of instructional technology on the development of curriculum in Pakistan? (10)
Q.5 Write short notes on the following: (20)
(a) Measurement
(b) Television
(c) Pupil evaluation
(d) Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI)
ASSIGNMENT No. 3
(Units: 10-14)
Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 40
Note: All questions carry equal marks.
Q.1 (a) What is the importance of the involvement of teacher in curriculum change? (10)
(b) Enlist the guiding principles, that the members of curriculum formation committee follow in content selection and its organization. (10)
Q.2 (a) Elaborate the curriculum reforms recommended by New Education Policy, 1970. (10)
(b) Discuss in detail the education system of China and Canada. What procedure is followed in curriculum development and its implementation in these countries? (10)
Q.3 (a) What is the process of curriculum development in Pakistan? Discuss. (10)
(b) Give a brief history of curriculum development in the subcontinent. (10)
Q.4 (a) Prepare guidelines for writing textbooks and teacher’s guide for mathematics curriculum. (10)
(b) Identify and discuss new trends emerging in Science and Math Education. (10)
Q.5 Write short notes on the following: (20)
(a) Characteristics of a successful project.
(b) Approaches to skill education.
(c) Role of education in Rural Development
(d) Objectives of National Education Policy 1978
ASSIGNMENT No. 4
(Units: 15-18)
Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 40
Note: All questions carry equal marks.
Q.1 Critically review the existing schemes of studies at different level of education. How schemes of studies are developed and processed in our country? (20)
Q.2 Describe the major problems faced in rural development. How can education play its role in the rural development in Pakistan in the future scenario? (20)
Q.3 What is meant by culture? How it affects the curriculum development in traditional societies? (20)
Q.4 Discuss some common problems of subject curriculum. How these can be overcome? Explain. (20)
Q.5 Answer the following: (20)
(a) Life long education
(b) Integrated approach to curriculum development
(c) Characteristics of Science Curriculum
(d) New trends in Science and Math Education.