Stenhouse's Model
Stenhouse's Model
CURRICULUM MODELS
BY: HAFIZATUAMIRA BINTI
BHARURAJI
NASIHAH BINTI GHAZALI
A Definition of Curriculum
(Daniel Tanner, 1980)
The planned and guided learning
experiences and intended learning
outcomes, formulated through the
systematic reconstruction of
knowledge and experiences, under
the auspices of the school, for the
learners continuous and willful
growth in personal social
competence.
CURRICUL
UM
MODELS
OBJECTIVE
MODELS
Tylers
Model
Tabas
Model
PROCESS
MODEL
Stenhouse
s Model
Model Process
Founder: Lawrence Stenhouse
Born : 29 March 1926
Died : 1982
British educational thinker
Promote an active role for teachers in educational
research and curriculum development
He was a founder member of the Centre for
Applied Research in Education (CARE) at the
University of East Anglia.
He was educated at St Andrews University in
Scotland.
Stenhouses Model
Focusses on
teacher activities and teachers role
Student and learner activities
(perhaps most important feature)
Conditions in which learning takes
place
Key thinker Stenhouse (1975)
ADVANTAGES OF
STENHOUSES MODEL
Emphasis on active roles of teachers
and learners
Emphasis on learning skills
Emphasis on certain activities as
important in themselves and for
life
DISADVANTAGES OF
STENHOUSES MODEL
Neglect of considerations of
appropriate content
Difficulty in applying approach in
some areas
Example :
In Malaysia, it is compulsory for teacher to write a
lesson plan before entering classes. However,
teachers who practised Stenhouses Model
realised that when teachers enter the classroom
to teach, they bring along not only a lesson plan
but also their personality, believe system,
values and expectation about pupils
achievement.
They also emphasize the interaction between
teachers and students.