EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A knowledge-centred curriculum is subject-based and aims to teach students discipline-specific knowledge and skills. Within each subject, students learn specialised subject-related concepts.

Detailed explanation-2: -The term “compartmentalization” is used in the sciences of learning and cognition to designate the phenomenon that occurs when an individual has two or more different, potentially conflicting conceptual schemas concerning a particular domain in his/her cognitive structure.

Detailed explanation-3: -A model where the curriculum is divided into subject areas, and there is little flexibility for cross-curricular activity. Subjects are siloed. Emphasis is placed on acquisition, memorization, and knowledge of each specific content area.

Detailed explanation-4: -Subject-centered designs include the organization of instructional activities in which the basic concepts and facts specific to each subject area are emphasized by the subject-matter expert by using subject-matter methods, tools and materials (Burton, 2010).