THE TEACHER AND THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM

Types of
Curriculum
Lesson 1.1 : The Curricula in School

LESSON 1.1 : The

Curricula in School
 What is
Curriculum?
Definition

DEFINITION
WHAT IS CURRICULUM?

Curriculum is the total

learning experiences of the
learner in the school.
Curriculum as a list of subjects
Curriculum as learning experiences
Curriculum as intended learning outcomes
SABRE-TOOTH CURRICULUM

The Sabre-Tooth Curriculum

by Harold Benjamin (1939)
New-Fist introduced the organized knowledge he
discovered to his community in order to cater the needs
of the people systematically and efficiently. Innovation
arise, and everyone looked forward learning new things
at once for the convenience of everyone. Education
became a big factor to one’s life.
SABRE-TOOTH CURRICULUM

The Sabre-Tooth Curriculum

by Harold Benjamin (1939)
• A curriculum is established based on the changes a
community has to undergo.
• A curriculum introduces the children to the
importance of education.
• A curriculum leads to innovation and globalization.
• Formal, non-formal or informal education will not
exist without a curriculum.
 TYPES OF
CURRICULUM
Let’s See!

LET’S DEFINE
TYPES OF CURRICULUM

Recommended Curriculum
(Ideological Curriculum)
• Curriculum construed by the Educational
Stakeholders at the National Level.
• Comes in the form of memoranda or policies,
standards and guidelines.
• Can be from international bodies like UNESCO.
• Basic Education (Pre- • Tertiary Education • Vocational Education
School - Senior High (Bachelor and Graduate (TechVoc) are highly
School) are highly Degrees) are highly influenced by the
influenced by the influenced by the recommendation of the
recommendation of the recommendation of the Technical Education and
Department of Commission on HIgher Skills Development
Education. Education. Authority.
TYPES OF CURRICULUM

Written Curriculum
(Enacted Curriculum)
• Documents based on the recommended curriculum.
• Sanctioned and approved for classroom delivery.
• Specific and comprehensive.
• General goals to be realized.
• Practicable plan to specify the recommended
curriculum’s broad ideals to apply in real life
situation.
WRITTEN
CURRICULUM

• SYLLABI • BOOKS

• INSTRUCTIONAL
• MODULES
GUIDES
TYPES OF CURRICULUM

Taught Curriculum
(Operational Curriculum)
• From what has been written or planned, the curriculum
has to be implemented or taught by the Teachers.
• The skill of the teacher to facilitate learning based on
the written curriculum with the aid of IMs and
facilities.
• The taught curriculum depends on the teaching style
of the teacher and learning style of the learners.
TAUGHT CURRICULUM

HOW TO FIND
THE SINE OF AN
ANGLE
TYPES OF CURRICULUM

Supported Curriculum
• Support materials a teacher needs to make learning
and teaching meaningful.
• Includes all kinds of Instructional Materials.
• All facilities where learning occurs are also a part of
Supported Curriculum.
SUPPORTED CURRICULUM
TYPES OF CURRICULUM

Assessed Curriculum
• Taught and supported curricula have to be evaluated to find out
if the teacher has succeeded or not in facilitating learning.
• In the process of teaching and at the end of every lesson, an
assessment is made.
• It can either be assessment for learning, assessment as
learning, or assessment of learning.
• Includes both formative and summative evaluation of learners
conducted by teachers, schools, or external organizations.
• Involves all the tests in all formats.
ASSESSED CURRICULUM

ASSESSMENT FOR ASSESSMENT AS ASSESSMENT OF

LEARNING LEARNING LEARNING

• Formative • Self-assessment • Summative

• To inform his/her
teaching • Assess student’s • What the
• Occurs own learning students have
throughout a learned
learning • Self-directed
sequence • To certify
• Progress and student’s
Learning Gaps competence

Seatworks, G&A, Quizzez Reflections, Insights Tests, Midterm, Finals

RECORDED but NOT GRADED For MONITORING of OWN LEARNING For GRADING PURPOSES
TYPES OF CURRICULUM

Learned Curriculum
• All the changes occured in the learners due to their
social experiences.
• If a student changed behavior, then they learned.
• A non-reader student to a reader, or from not
knowing to knowing, or from disobedient to
obedient.
• The positive outcome of teaching is an indicator of
learning.
LEARNED CURRICULUM
TYPES OF CURRICULUM

Hidden / Implicit Curriculum

• A curriculum that is not deliberately planned, but has a great impact
on the behavior of the learner.
• Peer influence, school environment, media, parental pressures,
societal changes, cultural practices, natural calamities are some
factors.
• Teachers should be sensitive and aware of this hidden curriculum.
• Teachers must have good foresight to include these in the written
curriculum, in order to bring to the surface what are hidden.
TYPES OF CURRICULUM

• Not all curriculum may be present at

one time.

• Most of them are deliberately planned,

like the recommended, written, taught,
supported, assessed, and learned
curriculum.

• A hidden curriculum is implied, and a

teacher may not be able to predict its
influence on learning.
Questions?
 Thank You!
PRESENTATION BY: LARA FAITH N. CABALQUINTO

REFERENCES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Nhmpx7nZI&t=220s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atiuuy-7fBA&t=205s
https://saskatchewanreads.wordpress.com/assessment-for-as-of-learning/