Description
Curriculum Development (Pathyakram Ka Vikas) offers a structured and accessible study of curriculum theory, planning, development, implementation, and evaluation. Written by Dr. Usha Pandey and Dr. Pooja Pandey, this first edition is designed to support students, teacher trainees, educators, researchers, and candidates preparing for education-related competitive examinations.
The book begins with the meaning, definitions, nature, scope, need, importance, objectives, and foundations of curriculum. It explores how philosophical, psychological, social, and educational considerations influence curriculum design, while emphasizing learner needs, individual differences, life skills, creativity, values, and holistic development.
A dedicated section examines curriculum development in the Indian context, including curriculum construction principles, content selection and organization, teaching-learning experiences, assessment, and different curriculum types such as subject-centered, child-centered, experience-centered, integrated, and problem-based approaches.
The book also introduces major curriculum development approaches and models, including subject and discipline-based approaches, competency-oriented approaches, learner needs and interests, Hilda Taba’s model, Ralph Tyler’s objective model, system-based models, and the cyclical model associated with M. Mukhopadhyay. These discussions help readers understand how objectives, learning experiences, implementation, evaluation, feedback, and revision work together.
The final unit focuses on important educational frameworks and institutions, including SCERT, NCERT, NCF 2005, continuous and comprehensive evaluation, co-curricular learning, textbooks, and contemporary curriculum concerns. Overall, the book provides a useful academic reference for understanding curriculum development from both theoretical and practical perspectives.
