curriculum

• Curricular activities


  Activities that are part of the official school curriculum
• Co-curricular activities


  Activities that are not part of the official school curriculum but are offered by the school
• Hidden curriculum

  Things learned by the students as a result of their experiences in the school with their peers, schoolmates, teachers, school staff, or the values they learned from a school program
• Ideal or Recommended Curriculum refers to what scholars propose as the most appropriate curriculum for the learners.
• Implemented Curriculum is a type of curriculum refers to the actual implementation of the curriculum or what teachers in the school teach.
• Achieved Curriculum or Learned Curriculum refers to the result of the curriculum or what students actually learned in school.
• Tested Curriculum is a set of learning that is assessed in teacher-made classroom tests, curriculum –referenced tests, and in standardized tests.
• Entitlement Curriculum refers to what the people or the general society believed the learners should expect to learn in the educational system for them to become good members of the society.
• Supported Curriculum refers to the curriculum that is reflected on and shaped by the resources allocated to support or deliver the official curriculum
• Null or Censored Curriculum refers to various curriculum contents or topics that must not be taught to the students.
• hidden curriculum refers to various skills, knowledge, and attiduted that students learn in school as a result of their interaction with other students, staffs, and faculty member.
• 3 categories of sources for curriculum foundations

  1. psychology
  2. sociology and anthropology
  3. philosophy

  psychology as a discipline deals about understanding human behavior.

  sociology and anthropology studies about the society and culture help curriculum workers in understanding several social and educational issues that affect curriculum processes and education in general.

  philosophy as a foundation helps curriculum workers in understanding the nature of knowledge and what subjects or topics are worthwhile.
• Academic Rationalist Conception


  Stresses the importance of different bodies of knowledge as the focus of the curriculum
• Cognitive Processes Conception


  Seeks to develop a repertoire of cognitive skills that are applicable to a wide range of intellectual problems
• Humanistic Conception


  Stresses the idea that curriculum or education is an instrument for developing the full potential of individuals
• Social Reconstructionist Conception


  Views the school or schooling as an agency for social change
• Technological Conception


  Preoccupied with the development of means to achieve curriculum or educational goals
• Eclectic conceptions


  Curriculum workers align their ideas with two or more curriculum conceptions
• Curriculum as a list of subjects


  Curriculum is the “permanent” or the traditional subjects offered in the school curriculum such as Mathematics, Language, Science, Music, Arts, and others
• Curriculum as learning experiences


  Includes students’ curricular and co-curricular activities and the learning experiences they encounter inside or outside the school, including the hidden curriculum or values learned from school experiences
• Curriculum as intended learning outcomes


  Includes a list of learning competencies or standards that students should learn in school
• Curriculum as planned learning experiences


  Includes documents specifying contents, objectives, or general ideas of what students should know in schools or in a specific discipline
• Curriculum as a discipline


  Has its own principles, theories, and practices
• Curriculum as content or subject matter


  Views curriculum as a series of topics under each subject area
• list all the definitions of curriculum

  curriculum as a list of subjects

  curriculum as learning experiences

  curriculum as intended learning outcomes

  curriculum as planned learning experiences

  curriculum as a discipline

  curriculum as content or subject matter
• types of curriculum

  ideal or recommended curriculum

  intended, official, or written curriculum

  implemented curriculum

  achieved curriculum or learned curriculum

  tested curriculum

  entitlement curriculum

  supported curriculum

  null or censored curriculum

  hidden curriculum