CURRICULAM MODELS ,TYPES AND FRAMEWORK

INTRODUCTION

Curriculum may be considered as the blue print of the educational programme. It is the
base of education on which the teaching learning process is planned and implemented.

It nearly resembles a ‘cake’ in which carefully selected experiences are blended together
little by little, stirred by the hand of an expert teacher and slowly baked in an oven of
experiences, allowing an each ingredient to complement and permeate the others. The quality of
final product depends not only on the quality of ingredients and the sequence in which they are
combined, but equally in the blending process itself and the ‘setting’ of the oven.

The term curriculum was 1st used in Scotland as early as 1820 & became a part of the
education vernacular in the United States

MEANING:

 Curriculum The word "curriculum" began as a Latin word

 which means "a race" or "the course of a race" (which in turn derives from the
verb currere meaning "to run/to proceed")

DEFINITION:

Curriculum is the tool in the hand of an artist to mould his material, according to his
ideals in his studio. In this definition, artist is the teacher, material; is the student, ideals are the
objectives and studio is the educational institution.

_Cunningham
MODELS OF CURRICULUM:

The term curriculum model refers to an educational system that combines theory with
practice . It helps to understand the nature of the curriculam

 The objectives model,

 The process model,
 Tyler’s model,
 Wheeler’s model,
 Process model
 Beattie’s four fold model

TYPES OF CURRICULLUM
Corresponding to the changes in the education system in our country or in other
countries there have been changes in the concepts and form of curriculam .
As new psychological, philosophical and sociological principles modified the educational
process, new types of curriculam came into being . They are;
1. Formal curriculum
2. Informal curriculum
3. Actual curriculum or institutitional curriculam
4. Hidden curriculum
5. Null curriculum
6. The traditional or subject matter curriculum
7. The activity curriculum
8. The experience curriculum
9. The undifferentiated curriculum
10. Core curriculum
11. Correlated curriculum
12. Official curriculam
CURRICULAM FRAMEWORK

One of the most important tools in ensuring consistency and quality in a

curricular system is a curriculam framework

DEFINITION

A Document that sets standards for curriculam and provides the context
(available resources,capabilities of teacher and system support) in which subject
specialists develop syllabus

ELEMENTS OF CURRICULAM FRAMEWORK

 Introduction
 Educational policy statements
 Statement of broad learning objectives and outcomes
 Structure of the education system
 Structure of curriculum content
 Standards of resources
 Teaching methodolody
 Assessing and reporting student achievement

CURRICULAM FRAMEWORK IN INDIA

ROLE OF THE TEACHER AND STATE IN CURRICULAM

SUMMARY

CONCLUSION
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