Evaluation of Curriculum

Introduction

Evaluation of the curriculum of any specific course deals with all the educational outcomes related to it, whereas measurement deals specifically with those characteristics that can be easily quantified. In evaluation, such techniques may have to be evolved as may help the educators to analyse and assess the merits and shortcomings of any curriculum. Further, any problems involved in implementing a curriculum successfully have to be identified and resolved in order to achieve its educational objectives. The procedures of curriculum evaluation involve certain steps, which should, however, be flexible enough to be adjusted as per exigencies arising from time to time. These procedures are useful in guiding the thinking of those who are carrying out the evaluation. The steps, which have to be evolved by careful and intensive analysis of the types of the tasks- involved. While the strategy for curriculum evaluation should be adjusted according to the particular problems and situations under consideration, certain models that will be described in this Unit, can play a very important part in the process. Curriculum evaluation should not only be a means for judging educational effectiveness, but also if applied critically and intelligently, should lead to useful decisions that can serve as a powerful force to improve the educational process as well. In this Unit, the nature, models and aims of curriculum evaluation, educational goals and curriculum objectives, curriculum models, designing evaluation studies, methods of curriculum evaluation, problems of research design in curriculum evaluation, and course improvement through evaluation have been discussed at length.

OBJECTIVES

After going through this Unit, you will be able to:

1. Mention the main purposes of curriculum evaluation and the extent to which an evaluation can be made.

2. Analyse the goals and objectives of educational programmes for relating them to the evaluation

. 3. Design strategies and methods for the evaluation of specific educational programmes in accordance with the needs of the situations.

4. Suggest means of improving educational curricula and processes in the light of the evaluation of the program.

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