e e What is Curriculum? e e> What is curriculum? Curriculum is an organized framework describes: © The content that students are to learn ® The process through which students need to achieve the identified curricular goals. ® What teachers do to help children achieve these goals ® The context in which teaching and learning occur. \\HWho are the curriculum makers? A teacher is a curriculum maker. He/she writes a curriculum daily through a lesson plan, a unit plan or a yearly plan. The teacher addresses the goals, needs, interests of the learners by creating experiences from where the students can learn. \\}What makes a good curriculum * Every aspect of the curriculum should have a clear objective or end goal to achieve. © Agood curriculum is not rigid- it allows room for flexibility, monitoring and evaluation by administration. iyWhat makes a good curriculum * It should provide sufficient scope for the cultivation of unique skills, interest, attitudes and appreciations. ® Curriculum should be responsible for personality development of the learners. \Importance of curriculum in teaching An effective curriculum provides teachers, students, administrators and community stakeholders with a measurable plan and structure for delivering a quality education. The curriculum identifies the learning outcomes, standards and core competencies that ¥v students must demonstrate before advancing to the __.. —— ext level. =a ——mportance of curriculum in teaching * Allows educators to review the curriculum to check for redundancies, inconsistencies, misalignments, weaknesses, and gaps e Identifies what students have learned, allowing educators to focus on building on ¥v previous knowledge Xemportance of curriculum in teaching * Teachers gain a more thorough understanding of the curriculum by associating learning goals to the standards, resulting in improved practice * Enables a better understanding of how you can build on what your students already know v while minimizing gaps and repetition in the district wide curriculummportance of curriculum in teaching e Provides a review of assessment methods e Educators gain greater insight into curriculum structures, student progress throughout the discipline, and awareness of curricular content JDifferent kinds of curriculum * Written Curriculum - Awritten curriculum is what is formally put down in writing and documented for teaching. These materials can include an educator's instruction documents, films, text and other materials they need. * Taught Curriculum - This type of curriculum refers to how teachers actually teach. -This can include experiments, demonstrations and other types of engagement through group work and hands-on activities. ytDifferent kinds of curriculum * Supported Curriculum - Asupported curriculum involves the additional tools, resources and learning experiences found in and outside a classroom. These include textbooks, field trips, software and technology, in addition to other innovative new techniques to engage students. * Assessed Curriculum - An assessed curriculum is also known as a tested curriculum. It refers ¥v to quizzes, tests and other kinds of methods to measure students’ success. This can encompass a number of different assessment chniques, including presentations, a portfolio, a demonstration as ell as state and federal standardized tests.Different kinds of curriculum * Recommended Curriculum + Recommended curriculum can come from a variety of different sources, including nationally recognized researchers, policy makers and legislators, and others. It focuses on the content, skill sets and tools educators should prioritize in the classroom. * Hidden Curriculum - Ahidden curriculum is not planned, but it has a significant impact on what students learn. This type of curriculu not always communicated or formally written down and includes implicit rules, unmentioned expectations, and the norms and values of a culture.Different kinds of curriculum * Excluded Curriculum - The excluded curriculum is also known as the null curriculum. It refers to what content is not taught in a course. Often an educator or curriculum specialist believes that a certain skill or concept is less important or does not need to be covered. -For example, students might not be taught about an ongoing debate among experts in the field or not encouraged to think critically about a text. JDifferent kinds of curriculum * Learned Curriculum - Alearned curriculum refers to what students walk away with from a course. This includes the subject matter and knowledge they learned from a course, but it can also include additional changes in attitude and emotional wellbeing. Teachers need to shrink the gap between what they expect students to learn and what students actually do learn.