Bismillah….

SCIENCE CURRICULUM • What is curriculum?

Mrs Marlina binti Ali

Department of Science and Mathematics
Faculty of Education

• Curriculum is…
• Curriculum comes from Latin word curere.
• all of the learning of students which is
planned by and directed by the school to
attain its educational goals (Ralph Tyler,
1949)

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• Curriculum is • Curriculum is…

• a program containing learning activities • a plan for learning

and organised by teachers to enable • therefore what is known about the learning
pupils to achieve certain objectives (Hirst, process and the development of the
1975) individual has bearing on the shaping of a
curriculum (Hilda Taba, 1962)

• Kerr J. K. (1968) - all subjects which have • K. Egan (1978) explained that curriculum
been planned and organized by the covered contents to be learned and
school, whether implemented individually developed through teaching pedagogy
in or out of the school. Curriculum includes
Does it means syllabus
more than that
can be define as
curriculum?
• this indicate that all kinds of activities that
occur in the classroom, playground and
community, comprise the curriculum.

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 Conclusion
“Curriculum is a plan which comprise academic activities
(core curriculum like subject, course and ect.) and non • Types of curriculum
academic activities (co-curriculum like club, association,
uniform unit, sports) whether its implement in or outside
of classroom with the aims to expose students to the Curriculum
learning experiences.

Kurikulum adalah segala perancangan yang merangkumi Formal Ideal Hidden

aktiviti akademik (kurikulum teras seperti mata pelajaran,
kursus dan sebagainya) dan aktiviti bukan akademik (ko-
kurikulum seperti kelab, persatuan, unit beruniform,
sukan, permainan dan sebagainya) sama ada
dilaksanakan di dalam atau di luar bilik darjah bagi
tujuan mendedahkan para pelajar dengan pengalaman
pembelajaran yang menyeluruh”

• Formal Curriculum • Ideal curriculum

• All activity in course of study which is done
formally in school. Segala aktiviti dalam sesuatu
kursus pengajian yang dilakukan secara formal
di sekolah.
• One curriculum is an ideal if it has been legislate
(digubal) and construct by taking opinion from all
parties which contribute to the education system:
Head master, teacher, academic and non
academic staff, lecturer, parents, politicians and
minister parties)

• There are 6 main aspects which interrelated in a
formal curriculum:
• Activity, lesson, topic, theme, syllabus, teacher
and time table.
• Ideal curriculum is overall and comprehensive,
support by theory and have strong base to
become confident and parallel towards
aspiration and mission of the country.

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• Hidden curriculum/ latent • Please take a piece of paper and write
down keyword of major component that
• All experience gain by student indirectly/ should exist in curriculum.
informal learning: such as nurturing noble
values, school culture, school rules and
etc.

• Hidden curriculum is a product from formal

and ideal curriculum whereas it is not the
main goal of curriculum.

Model of Curriculum
• Wheeler’s Curriculum Process Model
• Simple Model of curriculum
Curriculum • a. Goal, aim and objective of learning
objectives
• b. Selections of learning experiences

Knowledge Evaluation
• c. Selections of learning or subject

• d. Organization and integration of experiences,

Learning learning and contents
experiences
• e. Evaluation

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• Hilda Taba Model of curriculum as follows; • Tyler (1950) – Complete Curriculum should include the
following elements;
• a. Diagnosis on its curriculum demands
• b. Summary of curriculum objectives • a. There must be a main aim of education to be
• c. Selection of its selected curriculum contents achieved by the school or nation.
• d. Organization of selected curriculum contents • b. There must be selected learning contents to achieve
the objective which has been determined
• e. Selection of learning experiences
• c. There must be methodology used to arrange and
• f. Organization of selected learning experiences carry out learning experiences so as to achieve its
• g. Evaluation and Assessment objectives
• d. There must be evaluation to measure the
effectiveness of learning experiences.

• Beauchamp (1968) considered curriculum should consist

of the following four main parts; • Conclusion
• Major component of curriculum are…
• a. There must be statements relating to the aims of
education so that aspirations of the society can be
achieved through the schools
• b. There must be objectives and organization of
contents for every subject
• c. There must be guidance on the application of the
curriculum for teachers
• d. There must be evaluation to assess the
effectiveness of teaching and
learning according to its aim and objective

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• Summary of four major components of a school • Closure
curriculum.
• What is the meaning of curriculum?
Curriculum • What are the type of curriculum?
Objectives • What are the major component should exist in
the model of curriculum?
Process of Curriculum
Curriculum Contents
• Please read about the next topic, science as a
process, product and attitude. There will be a
Teaching-Learning quiz on that particular topic. Please download
Activities the notes from e-learning which will be available
• Relationship among four major components of a schools on Saturday.
Curriculum

• Ok that’s all for today!

• Let we recite surah Al Ars and Tasbih

Kifarah before we end our class.