Dimensions and

Principles of Curriculum
Development
Airen Mae M. Arendaje
(BSEd Math 4-B)

Dimension of Curriculum
Design
SCOPE

SEQUENCE

SCOPE
According to Tyler in Ornstein, 2004.

All the content, topics, learning experiences,

and organizing threads comprising the
educational plans.

It does not only refers to the cognitive content

but also affective and psychomotor.

Broad, limited, simple, general are the words

used to describe the scope.

Decision making of the teacher is needed.

Considerations in
determination of the
Scope

Curricular Coverage
Time
Diversity
Maturity of the learners
Complexity of content
Level of education.

Scope of the Curriculum

can be divided into
chunks:

Units
Sub-units
Chapters
Sub-chapters

SEQUENCE

Contents and experiences are

arranged in hierarchical manner.

A particular order in which

related events, movements, or
things follow each other.

Four Principles for Sequence

(Smith, Stanley and Shore, 1957)

Simple to complex learning content

and experiences are organized.
Prerequisite learning there are
fundamental things to be learned ahead.
Whole to part learning overview
before the specific content or topics.
Chronological learning the order of
events is made as a basis of sequencing
the content and experiences.

Five major Principles for organizing conte

in Units.
(Posner and Rudnitsky, 1994)
World Related
Sequence

Concept
Related
Sequence

Inquiry Related
Sequence

Learning
Related
Sequence

Utilization
Related
Sequence

World Related Sequence

Space spatial relations will be the
basis for the sequence.
Time from the earliest to the most
recent.
Physical Attributes the physical
characteristics of the phenomena
such as age, shape, size, brightness
and others.

Concept Related Sequence

How ideas are related together in

logical manner.

Class Relations group or set of

things that share common practices.

Propositional Relations a
statement that asserts something.

Sometimes its the

smallest decisions that
make the biggest impact
on your life.
- Anonymous.

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