CSP4801 Assignment 3 Due July 2024

CSP4801
ASSIGNMENT 3 2024

1. Summarise the main ideas of the positivist, interpretivist, critical and poststructuralist
curriculum
as
set
out
in
chapter
1 of
your
textbook.
Present
your

answer
in
table
format.

Curriculum
Orientation

Main Ideas
Key Characteristics
Positivist
– Focuses on prescribed
content determined by
authorities. – Emphasizes
an orderly, predictable, and
value-free curriculum
development process Often
linked with the Tyler model
and RDDA approach. –
Structured and recipe-like
approach. Prescribed
content. Centralized
construction and
transmission of knowledge.Reductionist and
decontextualized.
Emphasizes transmission