Constructivist Approach to Curriculum Development: A Methodological Literature Review

Abstract

A methodological review was performed on constructivist approach to curriculum development. This review systematically selected articles through a profound analysis of literature from 2009 to 2022 and selected 15 articles which had been published in well-known journals. All these articles had hypothesis tested empirically and focused on the main key words ‘constructivism’ and ‘curriculum development’. Articles were reviewed based on methodological devices such as research design, sampling methods, data collection, data analysis and reliability and validity measures. Majority of the studies were quantitative studies or mixed method studies which followed a deductive approach. The important finding in the review is that most of the studies had a control and anexperimental group involved in a learning intervention, which clearly showed pre experiment and post- experiment experiment data collected and analyzed. Significant methodological gaps were identified and further notable suggestions were proposed.A methodological review was performed on constructivist approach to curriculum development. This review systematically selected articles through a profound analysis of literature from 2009 to 2022 and selected 15 articles which had been published in well-known journals. All these articles had hypothesis tested empirically and focused on the main key words ‘constructivism’ and ‘curriculum development’. Articles were reviewed based on methodological devices such as research design, sampling methods, data collection, data analysis and reliability and validity measures. Majority of the studies were quantitative studies or mixed method studies which followed a deductive approach. The important finding in the review is that most of the studies had a control and anexperimental group involved in a learning intervention, which clearly showed pre experiment and post- experiment experiment data collected and analyzed. Significant methodological gaps were identified and further notable suggestions were proposed.