A Reflection on the Significance of Model in Curriculum Design

One of the activities of experts in the field of curriculum design is their endeavours to understand conceptual structures of this realm of human knowledge, and an instance of such efforts is the article titled "Analysis of the Conceptual Model in Curriculum Filed: Critical Review of Researchers Done With Model Design Approach Curriculum" in which the authors have initially categorized the models into “procedural”, “descriptive” and “conceptual” in the field of curriculum design based on the ideas put forth by Posner’. They have then analyzed researches conducted in the field of curriculum with the model design approach in terms of model description, type of model used and its usage. In this study, it has been attempted to decide to what extend the titles and evaluations presented in the article are in line with the nature of matters of curriculum design. In the end, with the help of available resources, we have addressed the possibility of determining criteria for distinguishing models in the field of curriculum design. The study has revealed that the models in the field of curriculum design have different categorizations in terms of structure and subject matter which will be discussed in the present article.