Kassandra Kay K.

De Roxas Pre-School Curriculum

CTP ECED 112

Activity No. 1

Instructions: Read about the nature and concepts about curriculum. Answer the following
questions:

1. What is curriculum?

The curriculum is the plans made for guiding learning in the schools, usually represented in
retrievable documents of several levels of generality, and the actualization of those plans in the
classroom, as experienced by the learners and as recorded by an observer; those experiences take
place in a learning environment that also influences what is learned.

Several points in this definition need to be emphasized. First, it suggests that the term
curriculum includes both the plans made for learning and the actual learning
experiences provided. Second, the phrase “retrievable documents” is sufficiently broad in
its denotation to include curricula stored in a digital form such as software and/or
shared on the Internet. Third, the definition notes two key dimensions of actualized
curriculum: the curriculum as experienced by the learner and that which might be
observed by a disinterested observer. Finally, the experienced curriculum takes place in
an environment that influences and bearing on learning.

Furthermore, the concept of curriculum is as dynamic as the changes that occur in society.
Curriculum is viewed as merely as a listing of subjects to be taught in school. In a broader
sense, it refers to the total learning experiences of individuals not only in schools but in
society as well.

2. What are the types of curriculum?

Allan Glatthorn (2000) describes seven types of curriculum operating in the schools. These are:

1. Recommended curriculum - proposed by scholars and professional organizations.

Most of the school curricula is recommended. It could come from DepEd, CHED, DOST
or any professional org who has stake in education. It is a curriculum that stresses
“oughtness”, identifying the skills and concepts that ought to be emphasized,
according to the perceptions and value systems of the sources.

2. Written curriculum - appears in school, district, division or country documents. This

includes documents, course of study or syllabi handed down to the schools, districts,
division, departments or colleges for implementation. Most of the curricula is written by
curriculum experts with participation of teachers. Pilot-tested or tried out in samples
schools or population. An example of this is the Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) and
the written lesson plan of each classroom teacher made up of objectives and planned
activities of the teacher.
 3. Taught curriculum - what teachers implement or deliver in classrooms and schools.
The different planned activities which are put into action in the classroom compose the
taught curriculum. These are varied activities that are implemented in order to arrive at
the objective or purpose of the written curriculum. It varies according to the learning
styles of students & the teaching styles of teachers

4. Supported curriculum – includes material resources [such as textbooks, computers,

audio-visual materials, laboratory equipments, playgrounds, zoos & other facilities]
other than the teacher, in order to have a successful teaching to enable each learner
to achieve lifelong learning

5. Assessed curriculum - that which is tested and evaluated. Helps the teacher to know
if the learners are progressing. Assessment tools like paper-and-pencil tests, authentic
instruments like portfolio is being utilized.

6. Learned curriculum - refers to the learning outcomes achieved by the students.

Learning outcomes are indicated by the results of the tests and changes in behavior
which can either be cognitive, affective or psychomotor.

7. Hidden curriculum - are the unintended curriculum which is not deliberately planned
but may modify behavior curricula that transpire in the schools. e.g: Peer influence,
school environment, physical condition, etc

3. Which type of curriculum do you like best? Why?

Among the types of curriculum, taught curriculum is what I like the most. Taught curriculum is
the delivered curriculum, a curriculum that an observer sees in action as the teacher teaches.
This is about the implementation of the written curriculum. Whatever is being taught or an
activity being done in the classroom is a taught curriculum. So, when teachers give a lecture,
initiate group work, or ask students to do a laboratory experiment with their guidance, the
taught curriculum is demonstrated. Teachers will then use different teaching styles and learning
styles to address the students’ needs and interests. Aside from the planned curriculum, the
most important part of the process is the implementation itself. As planning is very crucial part
of the curriculum but it is comparatively easier than its implementation.
4. Research on the sample of such curriculum for preschool.

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 References:

https://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/44334_1.pdf

http://www1.udel.edu/educ/whitson/897s05/files/Glatthorn10.pdf