Student CENTREDNESS

5. Evaluation

  1. Student-Centred Course
    Curriculum Development
  2. Traditional Curriculum
    Development vs Student-
    Centred Curriculum
  3. Content Selection and
    Priority Setting
  4. Teaching Methods
  5. Evaluation
  6. The Support Teachers Need
  7. Advantages of a Student-
    Centred Curriculum
  8. Literature

Traditionally, evaluation occurs at the final stage in the curriculum process. In a student-centred curriculum, however, evaluation is parallel with other curriculum activities and may occur at various times during the planning and implementation phases, as well as during a specified evaluation phase.

In a traditional curriculum model, evaluation is identified with testing and is seen as an activity which is carried out at the end of the learning process, often by someone who is not connected with the course itself. (In other words, the emphasis is on “summative” rather than “formative” evaluation.)

In a student-centred model, evaluation generally takes the form of an informal monitoring which is carried out alongside the teaching and learning processes, principally by the participants in that process, that is the teachers and learners.

By building evaluation into the teaching process, learners can evaluate learning materials, study activities, and their own achievement of objectives. By encouraging teachers to evaluate critically their own performance, evaluation becomes an integral part of both curriculum and teacher development.

Any element within the curriculum may be evaluated. At the planning stage, needs analysis techniques and procedures may be evaluated, while, during implementation, elements to be evaluated may include materials, learning activities, sequencing, learning arrangements, teacher performance, and learner achievement.

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