Psychological foundations of Curriculum

Dr. Sultan Muhammad Khan

Keywords; Psychological foundations of Curriculum, The Role of the Psychology in the formation of curriculum development, The Role of the Psychology in the understanding of behavior of the student, Psychology helps in the selection of methods of teaching, Psychology helps in the selection of content of subjects, Psychological theories of learning

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Foundations of Curriculum

Psychological foundations

Foundations are the forces that influence the minds of curriculum developers.

In this way they affect the content and structure of the curriculum. The five most important foundations of the curriculum are;

2.      Philosophical foundation of Curriculum

3.      Psychological foundations of Curriculum

4.       Socio Cultural Foundation of Curriculum

5.       Historical Foundations of Curriculum

6.       Economical Foundations of Curriculum

Psychological foundations

Psychological foundation is based on the individual differences, every student has its own unique personality and they have differences in their leering and skills. They are different in nature so they can’t be treated alike in teaching learning process, some may be fast learner while other slow. Therefore the curriculum should be based on the above facts, and it should be design to support the capacity and potentialities of all the students.

Psychology play a vital role in the teaching learning process it is the foundation for all type of educational related programmed. The methods of teaching, the selection of content of subjects, the methods and theories of learning, the overall development of the students and to inculcate the norms of the society in the students. Psychology helps in all the processes above in the development process of the curriculum.

In the past curriculum for child development and learning was developed in traditional ways without keeping in view the psychological implication in the development of curriculum.

Today psychology is the core and foundation element of all the learning processes; curriculum development, Child mental development, teaching methods, learning theories, administration of education system and planning, character building of the students,  attitude of students and teacher, the society, the use of different technologies.

Today the researchers and Scholars using experimental approach to find new ways of teaching learning process, how students learn under different conditions. They are finding new ways and materials from the analysis of teaching learning problem and formulating new approaches for teaching and learning process.

Psychology helps in all fields of education, it not just add to knowledge, psychology is applied in practical class room situation as well as in the curriculum development process by defining teaching methods and origination of the

In the process of using psychology in curriculum development process some positive concepts or ideas about teaching learning process emerged, it is reflected in the work produced by different authors.

•       The traditional readiness concept for a difficult subject which require children maturity has been rejected by the modern researchers, now the researchers formed a new principle that the child can teach any subject on the condition that it provided keeping in view the principle of from simple to complex and that the students have the previous experience.

•       When the importance is given to basic concepts and the process of inquiry for teaching learning and curriculum development process the transfer of learning and future learning are improved.

•       the guided discovery of  the relationships in the student learning outcomes, subject matter and in teaching methods play a very important role in the teaching learning process compare to those approaches in which the curriculum planner used the views and conclusions of other for  developing curriculum.

• The Interest and motivation  level of the students may be generated using the discovery method within the subject itself, the content of the subject should be interesting and appealing to generate curiosity  in the students to find more. In this way the student engage in finding the relationships in the subject matter presented to him, and engage the students in the process of inquiry.
• Meaningful conversation involves the students in the organizing or structuring of facts into conceptual system which help the students to generate new ideas, make new interpretations and raise new questions.
• The researchers prefer the use of inductive methods because it helps in the discovery through inquiry and help in the formulating of hypotheses and interpretation of information.
• To study a topic in depth or more helpful in the discovering the relationships between them than try to cover the whole material in once.
• The Depth of learning could be attained by applying different ideas, processes, theories, and models.
• Learning is improved when there is relationship order in the continuity of unit to unit from simple to complex in the instruction programme.
• The solving of problems helps the students in acquiring the concept development, and how to use different principles which lead the students to a higher level of mental development.
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•             It put emphasis on the organizing of ideas which helps the students to develop the skills to identify the relationships, improves their skills, remembers and retrieves old ideas; it provides a foundation for generating new ideas and concepts, and helps in the transfer of learning.

Therefore it is said that the impact of psychological sources on the foundations of curriculum is more than significant and still on the rise. The scope of the psychology for applying in curriculum construction and its principles, concepts, processes. The role of psychology in the development of curriculum is vast and with each day it is becoming increasingly more meaningful and unavoidable.

The purpose of psychology and psychologist is the study of human behavior, the study of living being. Investigate and explain the behavior of animate creatures. Therefore, curriculum needs educational psychology to provide information particularly in five areas:

•       Prepare objectives of education.

•    Characteristics of the students.
•    The leaning processes.
•    The methods of Teaching.

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