Nature of the Curriculum

the curriculum is viewed merely as a listing of subject to be taught in school.

Types Of Curriculum

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

Recommended Curriculum Written curriculum

It is a curriculum proposed by scholars It is what's formally put down in writing
and professional organizations. and documented for teaching.

Supported curriculum Taught curriculum

This is a curriculum that is supported by This is the curriculum that teachers
the available resources. implement or deliver in the classrooms
and schools.

Assessed curriculum
Learned curriculum
When students take a quiz or the mid-
This type of curriculum indicates what the
term and final exams, these evaluations
students have learned.
are the so-called assessed curriculum.

Hidden curriculum
This curriculum is the unwritten,
unofficial, and often unintended lessons,
values, and perspectives that students
learn in school.

Curriculum Components
aims, goals & objectives
spell out what is to be done. It tries to
capture what goals are to be achieved, the
vision, the philosophy, the mission
statement and objectives.
subject matter/ content
It contains information to be learned in
school.
curriculum experiences
instructional strategies and methods are
the core of the curriculum.
curriculum evaluation
is an element of an effective curriculum. It
identifies the quality, effectiveness of the
program, process and product of the
curriculum.

Purpose curriculum

At a national level, the purpose of a curriculum

is to set out an entitlement for all pupils to the
knowledge and learning that our society
determines is the most powerful and important
for a well-rounded education.