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CURRICULUM AND MATERIAL DEVELOMPMENT I

RIRIN DIAN SAFITRI (105204022) ENGLISH EDUCATION A

DEFINITION OF CURRICULUM Three definition of curriculum from expert : According to Janet Benincosa, Curriculum Specialist, Harrison County (West Virginia) Public Schools a curriculum is a plan which outlines a structured series of learning objectives and outcomes for a given content area. (J. Benincosa, personal communication, September 10, 2010) Dennis Burstein, Curriculum Specialist for Health & Physical Education, Alexandria (Virginia) Public Schools, states that a curriculum is a document that defines what should be learned, how it is to be taught and the plan for teaching and assessing the learning. (D. Burstein, personal communication, September 10, 2010) Michelle Benson, Resource Teacher, Baltimore County (Maryland) Public Schools, defines a curriculum as a roadmap for methods and procedures for implementing and evaluating learning. (M. Benson, personal communication, September 10, 2010) Definition curriculum from dictionary a curriculum ( /krkjlm/; plural: curricula /krkjl/ or curriculums) is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum came from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults.

Definition curriculum from internet Curriculum is an organized program of learning, usually segregated by subject area, composed of four main categories: content, instruction, assessment, and context.

Definition curriculum by my self In my opinion curriculum is the instrument of education which is used to get the educational purposes by the learning process.

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