ED 6: Definition and Types of Curriculum

It is the curriculum prescribed by the government. This refers to the official curriculum embodied in approved state curriculum guides.

• Recommended Curriculum

• Written Curriculum

• Achieved Curriculum

• Tested Curriculum

This refers to the curriculum that is reflected on and shaped by the resources allocated to support or deliver the official curriculum.

• Null Curriculum

• Entitlement Curriculum

• Learned Curriculum

• Supported Curriculum

It refers to what the people or the general society believed the learners should expect to learn in the educational system for them to become good members of the society.

• Intended Curriculum

• Recommended Curriculum

• Entitlement Curriculum

• Implemented Curriculum

It is not actually taught in formal classroom learning. It refers to various skills, knowledge, and attitudes that students learn in school as a result of their interaction with other students, staff anf faculty members.

• Hidden Curriculum

• Tested Curriculum

• Supported Curriculum

• Censored Curriculum

This is a set of learning that is assessed in teacher-made classroom tests, curriculum-referenced tests, and in standardized tests.

• Learned Curriculum

• Tested Curriculum

• Implemented Curriculum

• Ideal Curriculum

This definition of curriculum includes documents, specifying contents. objectives or general ideas of what students should know in schools.

• Curriculum as learning experiences.

• Curriculum as intended learning outcomes

• Curriculum as list of subjects.

• Curriculum as planned.

This definition of curriculum is the permanent or traditional subjects offered in the school curriculum.

• Curriculum as a discipline.

• Curriculum as list of subjects.

• Curriculum as planned learning.

• Curriculum as intended learning outcomes.

This definition views curriculum as a series of topics under each subject area.

• Curriculum as content

• Curriculum as a discipline

• Curriculum as learning experiences

• Curriculum as intended learning outcomes

This type of curriculum refers to the actual implementation of the curriculum or what teachers in the school teach.

• Official Curriculum

• Recommended Curriculum

• Implemented Curriculum

• Entitled Curriculum

This refers to the various curriculum content or topics that must not be taught to the students.

• Null Curriculum

• Supported Curriculum

• Hidden Curriculum

• Tested Curriculum