NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA 
                             
                             
                     SCHOOL OF EDUCATION 
                             
                             
                     COURSE CODE: EDU 703 
                             
                             
         COURSE TITLE: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: THEORY & PRACTICE 
                             
    
                                              EDU 703                                       CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: THEORY & PRACTICE 
                                                 
                                                 
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                                              EDU 703 
                                              CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: THEORY & PRACTICE 
                                                                                    
                                              Course Developer                     Dr. Emmanuel Atanda Adeoye 
                                                                                   Faculty of Education 
                                                                                   University of Ilorin, 
                                               
                                                                                   Ilorin 
                                                                                    
                                              Course Writers                       Dr. Emmanuel Atanda Adeoye 
                                                                                   Faculty of Education 
                                                                                   University of Ilorin, 
                                                                                   Ilorin 
                                               
                                              Course Editor                      Prof. O. Alaezi 
                                                                                   Centre for Continuing Education &  
                                                                                   Workplace Training,  
                                                                                   NOUN, Lagos 
                                                                                    
                                              Programme Leader                     Dr. (Mrs) M. E. Aina 
                                                                                   School of Education 
                                                                                   National Open University of Nigeria 
                                               
                                                                                   Lagos 
                                                                                    
                                              Course Co-ordinator                  Inegbedion, Juliet O. (Ms) 
                                                                                   School of Education 
                                                                                   National Open University of Nigeria 
                                                                                   Lagos 
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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                           National Open University of Nigeria 
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                           National Open University of Nigeria 2006 
                            
                           First Printed 2006 
                            
                           ISBN:  978-058-098-0 
                            
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                                              TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                    PAGE 
                                                                                                                                    
                                              Introduction ………………………………….............…                                             1 
                                              What you will learn in this course.......…………………..                                   1-2 
                                              Course Aims ...........…………………………………......                                           2 
                                              Course Objectives ……………………………………..                                                   3 
                                              Working Through This Course.......………………………                                          3 
                                              Course Materials.........…………………………...............                                   3 - 4 
                                              Modules and Units ……………...……………………...                                                4 - 7 
                                              Set Text Books ………………………………………….      7 - 8 
                                              Assignment File.....………………………………………                                                  8 
                                              Presentation Schedule........………………………………                                            8 
                                              Assessment................…………………………….....……     8 
                                              Tutor Marked Assignments (TMA)…………………......                                          8 
                                              Final Examination and Grading……………………........                                        9 
                                              Course Marking Scheme.............………………………..                                        9 
                                              How to Get The Most From This Course…………..........                                   9 
                                              Tutors and Tutorials ………………………………….....                                              10 
                                              Summary……………………………………...................                                             10 - 11 
                                              INTRODUCTION 
                                               
                                              From   society   to   society,   and   from   primordial   times   to   the   present  
                                              millennium,   human   beings   have   always   passed   on   the   knowledge,  
                                              culture and traditions of their age to the younger ones for two purposes:  
                                              one, to enable the young ones integrate into the society and two, to  
                                              ensure   the   continuity   and   survival   of   human   society.   What   is  
                                              transmitted,   however   changes   from   time   to   time   because   society   is  
                                              dynamic.   Man has progressed from a mere fruit gatherer, to a highly  
                                              successful mechanised farmer growing his own fruits; he has progressed  
                                              from rubbing two stones together to make fire and light, to producing  
                                              electricity at thermal stations where fire burns at several thousands of  
                                              centigrade degrees!  Man has done all this by educating his young ones.  
                                              Nowadays, the task of integrating the young ones into the society, which  
                                              begins   from   home,   is   given   mainly   to   schools   where   professional  
                                              teachers   expose   learners   to   various   learning   experiences   or   existing  
                                              body of knowledge possessed by the society. 
                                               
                                              In Nigeria, the education of the younger ones has passed through three  
                                              distinct   stages;   namely:   the   pre-colonial,   colonial   and   post-colonial  
                                              periods respectively.  This means that curriculum, what the learners and  
                                              teachers do in school, has changed (and is still changing) according to  
                                              the needs of the society at any particular time.  In these course units, you  
                                              will get to know how modern curriculum is designed and implemented,  
                                              and know your place as an agent for curriculum implementation. 
                                               
                                               
                                               
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