Taba+Model

Sara Stec

**Taba Model-1962 **
 * **Description of the Approach **
 * Hilda Taba believed that there should be a clear definate order to curriculum design.
 * Teachers must be involved in the process.
 * There are 7 steps to the Taba model of curriculum development:
 * Identify the needs of the students
 * Develop objectives
 * Choose content that matches the objectives.
 * Organize content considering the learners experiences and background
 * Select instructional method that promote student engagement
 * Organize learning experiences by sequencing content
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Evaluate to ensure mastery


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Information Resources **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: normal; text-align: left; vertical-align: auto;">Taba, H. (1962). //Curriculum development: theory and practice//. New York: Harcourt Brace.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Fraenkel, J. R. (1994). The evolution of the Taba Curriculum Development Project. //Social Studies//, //85//(4), 149.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">This article explores one school's use of the Taba Model with their social studies curriculum


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Strategies and Ideas for Implementation **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Taba model is currently used today in most curriculum designs. The steps still used are:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Identifying he needs of the students
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Developing objectives
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Selecting intructional methods
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Organizing learning experiences
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Evaluating