ED 319: THE TEACHER AND THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM

1. The teacher asked the students to give an enriched definition of the curriculum. Which among the following encompasses the true essence of the term?

• Curriculum is the sum total of all the learning experiences in the teaching-learning process.

• Curriculum is a never-ending process in education.

• Curriculum is a list of courses in order to graduate.

2. He defined curriculum as a

sequence of potential experiences, set up in schools for the purpose of disciplining children and youth in group ways of thinking and acting.

• John Dewey

• Othaniel Smith, William Stanley and Harlan Shore

• Hollin Caswell and Kenn Campbell

3. According to him curriculum as “the planned and guided learning experiences and intended outcomes, formulated through the systematic reconstruction of knowledge and experiences under the auspices of the school, for the learners’ continuous and wilful growth in personal social competence”(p.13).

• Schubert (1987)

• Pratt (1980)

• Tanner (1980)

4. He defines curriculum as the contents of a subject, concepts and tasks to be acquired, planned activities, the desired learning outcomes and experiences, product of culture and an agenda to reform society

• Schubert (1987)

• Pratt (1980)

• Tanner

5. defines curriculum as a written document that systematically describes

goals planned, objectives, content, learning activities, evaluation procedures and so forth.

• Schubert (1987)

• Pratt (1980)

• Tanner (1980)

6. He provides a broader definition, stating that a curriculum includes “all of the experiences that individual learners have in a program of education whose purpose is to achieve broad goals and related specific objectives, which is planned in terms of a framework of theory and research or past and present professional practice” (p.5).

• Hass (1987)

• Grundy (1987)

• Cronbleth (1992)

7. He defines curriculum as answering three questions: what knowledge, skills and values are most worthwhile? Why are they most worthwhile? How should the young acquire them?

• Hass (1987)

• Grundy (1987)

• Cronbleth (1992)

8. He defines curriculum as a programme of activities (by teachers and pupils) designed so that pupils will attain so far as possible certain educational and other schooling ends or objectives.

• Hass (1987)

• Grundy (1987)

• Cronbleth (1992)

9. He asserts that curriculum should consist entirely of knowledge which comes

from various disciplines.

• Arthur Bestor

• Joseph Scwab

• Philip Phenix

10. As an essentialist believes that the mission of the school should be intellectual training, hence curriculum should focus on the fundamental intellectual disciplines of grammar, literature, and writing. It should include mathematics, science, history and foreign language.

• Philip Phenix

• Arthur Bestor

• Joseph Scwab