Needs Assessment

Chapter 7

Summary

• Attention is placed on the importance of attending to the needs of the students and society. By conducting a systematic needs assessment, gaps in learning and discrepancies can be addressed by way of revision of the curriculum. Needs assessments promote and support the school’s efforts in prioritizing.

5 Sources for formulating goals and objectives

• The needs of the students in general

• The needs of society

• The needs of particular students

• The needs of particular community

• The needs derived from the subject matter

Levels of Student Needs

• Human

• National

• State or regional

• Community

• School

• Individual

Needs of Students by Type

• Physical

• Sociopsychological

• Educational

• Developmental tasks

Needs of Society Levels

• Human

• International

• National

• State

• Community

• Neighborhood

Needs of Society Type

• Political moral• Social spiritual• Economic• Educational• Environmental• Defense• Health

• Needs are derived from the basic ideas or fundamental principles.

• Grasping the structure is understanding that permits other things to be related (subj. matter needs) new math, science etc.

Steps of Needs Assessment

• Planning to plan; charting means and ends

• Goal derivation

• Goal validation

• Goal prioritization

• Goal translation

• Validation of performance objectives

• Goal reprioritization

• Futuristic input in goal ranking• Rerank goals• Selecting testing instruments or evaluate

strategies for assessing the current state• Collate data gathering• Develop initial gap or need statements• Priorities gap statements according to 4

steps

• Publish list of gap statements

Curriculum Goals And Objectives

Chapter 8

Summary

• The differences been goals and objectives are explained. Emphasis is placed on how goals and objectives are derived from the developers’ philosophy and educational aims.

• P.232 - Aims chart – Hierarchy of outcomes

• Curriculum goals - programmatic statements of expected outcomes without criteria of achievement

• Curriculum objectives - specific, measurable, programmatic statements of outcomes to be achieved by students as a group in the school or school system

• Curriculum goals and objectives are derived from developer’s philosophy and aims

• Instructional goals are how one in going to go about meeting the curriculum goals. Strategies for teaching

Hierarchy of Outcomes

• Aims of Education

• Curriculum Goals

• Curriculum Objectives

• Instructional Goals

• Instructional Objectives