M.Ed. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2017.
Second Semester
Special Education
CURRICULUM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
(2015 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Section A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all the following questions.
1. Define curriculum.
2. List out the bases of curriculum.
3. What is ecological approach in curriculum development?
4. Write short notes on expanded core curriculum.
5. What is universal design of learning?
6. What do you mean by collaborative curriculum?
7. What is inter-disciplinary learning experience?
8. What do you understand by differential instruction?
9. List out the different types of curriculum.
10. What is curriculum designing?
Sub. Code
7432A4
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Section B 5 25)
Answer any five of the following questions.
11. Explain the principles of curriculum transaction.
12. Discuss about the various approaches in curriculum
development.
13. Distinguish between curriculum development.
14. As a special educator how will you create learning
opporutunity for children with diverse needs.
15. Discuss the role of activity based curriculum in
enhancing the learning of diverse learners.
16. Explain the steps in curriculum development process.
17. Discuss the need for curriculum evaluation. list out its
types.
18. Discuss the need for designing integrated and interdisciplinary
learning experiences.
Section C x 10 30)
Answer all the following questions.
19. Compare and contrast the historical and
contemporary evolution of curriculum.
Or
Elucidate the importance of universal design of
learning in curriculum development.
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20. Discuss about the critical issues in curriculum and
recent trends in curriculum development.
Or
Explain the need for material and instructional
adaptation. list out the steps involved in it.
21. Enumerate the fundamentals of curriculum
development.
Or
Describe the advantages of collaborative
curriculum? List out the steps involved in
construction of it.