INTRODUCTION TO PRIMARY CURRICULUM (2 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, student will be able to: Explain curriculum definitions from various sources; Compare several approaches on curriculum; Identify the implementation of curriculum foundations; Review the implementation of curriculum in primary education; Compare curriculum policy from time to time in Indonesia and global; Review national and global issues related to curriculum

Topics:

1. Ideas about Curriculum (1);
2. Ideas of Curriculum (2);
3. Curriculum Approaches;
4. Bases of the Curriculum: Social Forces;
5. Bases of the Curriculum: Theories of Human Development;
6. Bases of the Curriculum: The Nature of Learning;
7. Bases of the Curriculum: The Nature of Knowledge;
8. Philosophical Foundations of Curriculum;
9. Education for Children;
10. Curriculum Implementation;
11. Curriculum from time to Time;
12. Issues in Curriculum (1);
13. Issues in Curriculum (2).