Republic of the Philippines

LAGUNA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY

San Pablo City Campus
College of Teacher Education
Second Semester, Academic Year 2019-2020
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Course Code : CTP 106
Course Description : Curriculum Development
Topic : Types of Curricula
Characteristic of a Good Curriculum
Reporter : Johanna P. Villegas
Course : Certificate in Teaching Proficiency
Date : April 27, 2019

TYPES OF CURRICULA

1. Recommended Curriculum

 Recommended by scholars and professional organizations.

 It also encompasses the curriculum requirements of policymaking group. (DepEd, CHED and DOST)
 It is a curriculum that stresses “oughtness”, identifying the skill and concept that ought to be
emphasized, according to the perceptions and value system of the sources.
 It is formulated with high level of generality, most often resented as policy recommendation, list of
goals, suggested graduation requirements and general recommendation about the content and
sequence of the field study, such as social science.

2. Written Curriculum

 It intended to ensure that the educational goals of the system are being accomplished.
 Curriculum of control
 It is much more specific and comprehensive than the recommended curriculum, indicating a
rationale that supports the curriculum.
 The general goals to be accomplished
 The specific objective to be mastered
 The sequence in which objectives should be studied
 Kinds of learning activities that should be used

3. Taught Curriculum

 It is the delivered curriculum, a curriculum that an observer sees in action as the teacher teaches.

4. Supported Curriculum

 This includes those resources that support the curriculum-textbooks, software, and other media.

5. Assessed Curriculum

 This is aspects that appears in tests and performance measures; state tests, standardized tests,
district tests, and teacher made tests.

6. Learned Curriculum

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  It is the bottom line curriculum. It denotes all the changes in values perceptions and behavior that
occur because of school experiences.

7. Hidden Curriculum

 The unintended curriculum. It defines:

 What students learn from the physical environment
 The policies
 Procedures of school

CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD CURRICULUM

1. The curriculum is continuously evolving.

It evolves from one period to another, to the present. For a curriculum to be effective, it must have a
continuous monitoring and evaluation. Curriculum must adapt its educational activities and services to meet
the needs of a modern and dynamic community.

2. The curriculum has based on the needs of the people.

It reflects the needs of the individual and the society as a whole. The curriculum is in proper shape in
order to meet the challenges of the times and make education more responsive to the clientele it serves.
Plan curriculum with people.

3. The curriculum has democratically conceived.

A good curriculum is developed through the effort of a group of individuals from different sectors in
the society who are knowledgeable about the interests, needs and resources of the learner and the society
as a whole. It is the product of many minds and energies.

4. The curriculum is the result of a long-term effort.

It is a product of long and tedious process. It takes a long period of time in the planning,
management, evaluation and development of a good curriculum.

5. The curriculum is a complex of details.

It provides the proper instructional equipment and meeting places that are often most conducive to
learning. It includes the student-teacher relationship, guidance and counseling program, health services,
school and community projects, library and laboratories, and other school related work experiences.

6. The curriculum provides for logical sequence of subject matter

Learning is developmental. Classes and activities should be planned. A good curriculum provides
continuity of experiences.

7. The curriculum complements and cooperates with other programs of the community.

The curriculum is responsive to the needs of the community. The school offers it’s courses in the
improvement and realization of ongoing programs of the community. There is cooperative effort between
the school and community towards greater productivity.

8. The curriculum has educational quality.

Quality education comes through the situation of the individual’s intellectual and creative capacities
for social welfare and development. It helps the learner to become the best that can possibly be. Further,

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curriculum support system is secured to augment existing sources for its efficient and effective
implementation.

9. The curriculum has administrative flexibility.

It must be ready to incorporate changes whenever necessary. The curriculum is open to revision and
development to meet the demands of globalization and the digital age.

DISTINCTION BETWEEN CURRICULUM AND OTHER RELATED TERMINOLOGIES

Curriculum and Syllabus

 Curriculum is wider in scope than syllabus.

 Syllabus is part of a curriculum.
 Syllabus is the content of the school subjects offered in the school.
 A syllabus normally contains what students will learn in the various school subjects in a year or for a
longer period of schooling leading to certification.
 Prepared by classroom teacher.

Curriculum and Scheme of Work

 Scheme of work is a breakdown of the contents of what students expected to learn in a given
period.
 It is the systematic arrangement of subject matter and activities within a given time period, such as
a term or a semester.

Curriculum and Course of Study

 It is an educational program leading to the award of a certificate at the end of the program for a
particular set of learners.
 It refers mainly to a program of learning that are offered to students – with various course contents
– at the end of which they are awarded a certificate indicating the type of course of study they had
undergone.
 Teacher Certificate in Education
 BS Secondary Education

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