UNIT I

THE NATURE OF SCHOOL

CURRICULUM
Reporters:
Apiag, Jerome T.
Broniola, Carren May
Cortes, Peaches B.
Flores, John Aldo M.

The Teacher and School Curriculum [EDUC 9]

9:00-10:30AM
DEFINITION OF CURRICULUM
REPORTER: CORTES, PEACHES B.
DEFINITION OF CURRICULUM

Curriculum is what is taught in a given

course or subject. Curriculum refers to
an interactive system of instruction and
learning with specific goals, contents,
strategies, measurement, and resources.
The desired outcome of curriculum is
successful transfer and/or development
of knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
DEFINITION OF CURRICULUM
Few definitions of Curriculum provided by Saylor
(1981), Beauchamp (1982), Schubert (1986), Eisner
(1985), Pinar (1995), Posner (1995), Marsh (2004),
Oliva (2005), Glatthorn (2006), and Reid (2006),
among others.
• Curriculum as a List of Subjects
• Curriculum as Learning Experiences
• Curriculum as Intended Learning Outcomes
• Curriculum as Planned Learning Experiences
• Curriculum as a Discipline
• Curriculum as Content or Subject Matter
• Curriculum as a list of subjects. This
definition suggests that curriculum is
the "permanent" or the traditional
subjects offered in the school
curriculum such as Mathematics,
Language, Science, Music, Arts, and
other.

• Curriculum as learning experiences.

This definition includes students'
curricular and co-curricular activities
and the learning experiences they
encounter inside or outside the school.
• Curriculum as intended learning
outcomes. This definition includes a
list of learning competencies or
standards that students should learn
in school.

• Curriculum as planned learning

experiences. This includes
documents specifying contents,
objectives, or general ideas of what
students should know in schools or
in a specific discipline.
• Curriculum as a discipline.
Curriculum as a discipline has
its own principles, theories,
and practices.

• Curriculum as content or
subject matter. This definition
views curriculum as a series of
topics under each subject
area.
 It is important that curriculum
workers have a common
understanding of what curriculum is.
Their personal definition of
curriculum defines the curriculum
product that they will produce. Many
curriculum projects fail, and many
curriculum researches appear vague
because of an unclear understanding
of the field of curriculum
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