M.Ed. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2016
Special Education — VI
CURRICULUM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
(2015 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Section A (10 2 20)
Answer all the following questions.
Very short answer questions.
1. Define 'curriculum'.
2. What do you mean by curriculum transaction?
3. What is hidden curriculum?
4. What is core curriculum?
5. Write short note about George Beacuchamp's curriculum
theories.
6. What do you mean by curriculum design?
7. What is curriculum adaptation?
8. Write short note on "Activity based curriculum".
9. Write short note on "Tyler model' of curriculum
development.
10. What do you mean by ecological approach in curriculum
development?
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Section B 5 25)
Answer any five of the following questions.
11. Describe the principles of curriculum development.
12. Explain the need for curriculum development.
13. Distinguish the curriculum from syllabus.
14. Discuss the significance of universal design of learning
for curriculum development.
15. Trace the relationship between pedagogical theories and c
curriculum transaction.
16. Explain the steps involved in material adaptations.
17. Describe the significance of curriculum evaluation.
18. Describe the significance of collaborative curriculum.
Section C 10 30)
Answer all the following questions.
19. What are the bases of curriculum? Explain.
Or
What are the different approaches in curriculum
development? Explain any two approaches in detail.
20. Describe the principles of curriculum construction.
Or
What are the different models of curriculum
development? Explain any one of the model in
detail.
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21. How do you develop curriculum for providing interdisciplinary
learning experiences to the students?
Explain with an example.
Or
Trace out the critical issues in curriculum
development.