Faculty of Education
Curriculum * instruction DepartmentCurriculum planning
Faculty of Education
The definition of curriculum: Etymology : The word curriculum
comes from the latin word currere ,meaning to run the course .*the
definition of curriculum is subjective , especially in home school
circles. so the definition you use should be based on your own
beliefs as well as the accepted definition for your state .
Edglossary.com *The term curriculum refers to the lessons and
academic content taught in a school or in a specific course or
program.* Depending on how broadly educators define or employ the
term ,curriculum typically refers to the knowledge and skills
students are expected to learn .
This definition includes:
Education .com*Curriculum refers to the means and materials with
which students will interact for the purpose of achieving
identified educational outcomes.* Curriculum is a planned
experiences that the school offers as part of its educational
responsibility .* Curriculum includes not only the planned ,but
also the unplanned experiences as well .
The /recent/ modern /new definition of curriculum:A combination/
collection of information, skills ,experiences and situations based
on scientific foundations when they gathered and collected
according to a psychological and scientific principles and
presented by methods and strategies of teaching inside and outside
the school .
Elements/components of the curriculum
the first component :can be simplified as what is to be
done.Serve as the anchor of the learning journey .
The second component :Curriculum content or subject matter :*
What subject matter to be included .* A compendium of facts,
concepts , generalization , principles , theories .* Serve as the
meat of the educational journey .
The third and fourth elements Curriculum experience: Can be
simplified as , what instructional strategies , resources and
activities will be employed . The instructional strategies and
methods will put into action the goals and use of the content in
order to produce an outcome . Curriculum evaluation : What methods
and instruments will be used to assess the results of the
curriculum .Serves as the barometer as to how far had the learners
understood on the educational journey .
The importance of the curriculum:For the teacher :For the
content : aims and objectives of the educational process .Teaching
methods and strategies .Teaching aids .Evaluation principles .
The criteria for selecting the content and educational
experiences .Organizing the educational experiences in an effective
way .
The importance of the curriculum :For the students :Develop an
integrated personality ,socially efficient and capable of further
growth and progressive adjustment . the capacity for this requires
the development of critical thinking , of open- mindedness and
freedom from prejudice , unimpeded by ill-regulated emotion .
Curriculum mapping :Away of developing a systematic overview
what students need to learn at every level . Is a method of
charting the knowledge and skills that students are expected to
master over a period of years . *road trip : imagine going on long
road trip with no GPS . You have written down which route numbers
you need to take , but you do not know in what order the turns
should be made or how long you need to stay on each road . It
probably would not be a very successful road trip .! Knowing the
order of the turns and how long to drive on each road would help
you reach the final destination much more efficiently . Essentially
, in education , this is what a curriculum map does .
