Lesson

Major Conceptions of Curriculum

2

A. COMPONENTS OF THE CURRICULUM. For the components of the curriculum,

let us have the mnemonics “ASLE”, this stands for A (aims, goals, and objectives), S (subject
matter), L (learning experiences), and E (evaluation and approaches). Moreover, below you are
given samples and elaborations for you to have a good grasp of this topic.

AIMS, GOALS, AND

OBJECTIVES – Ex.
Educational Act of 1982, SUBJECT MATTER
Aims of Secondary – Information
Education and Tertiary learned in school.
Education

CURRICULUM

LEARNING EVALUATION AND

EXPERIENCES – heart APPROACHES –
of the curriculum, the Formal
teacher and learner determination of
takes action to the quality and
facilitate learning effectiveness of the
curriculum
B. TYPES OF CURRICULUM. The mnemonics for the types of curriculum, is RW-TSA-LC.
Moreover, the exhibit below gives you the different types of the curriculum and
situations/examples where it is observed.

Curriculum operating in Situations and Examples

Schools
Recommended Curriculum Proposed by scholars and professional organizations.
Ex. CHED has recommended the learning outcomes for “The
teacher and the curriculum.
Written Curriculum Appears in school, district, division, or country documents.
Ex. The teacher made a lesson plan with 4 A’s format for the
lesson “Curriculum from Different Point of Views”.
Taught Curriculum What teachers implement or deliver in the classrooms and
schools.
Ex. The teacher used a constructivist approach so that the
learners will share what they had known already about
definitions of curriculum.
Supported Curriculum Resources-textbooks, computers, audio-visual materials which
support and help in the implementation of the curriculum.
Ex. Due to the CoViD19 pandemic, the teacher made use of
the facebook messenger as a platform to extend the lessons
to the learners even without face to face interactions.
Assessed Curriculum What is tested and evaluated.
Ex. Princess created a paper and pen assessment for her quiz
on the topic curriculum definitions.
Learned Curriculum What the students actually learn and what is measured.
Ex. Joanne got a 1.0 grade on her subject “The teacher and
the school curriculum”.

Hidden Curriculum Unintended curriculum. (peer influence, school environment,

physical conditions, teacher-learner interaction, mood of the
teacher and etc.,)
Ex. Joemer chose BSED-English because her friends chose it
too.