Traditional and Emerging Concepts of Curriculum

It is a set of predetermined classroom norms and practices, focusing on basic academic subjects, teacher-centered instruction, and structured learning methods

• Traditional Curriculum

• Progressive Curriculum

This curriculum requires pupils to learn things on their own, with the teacher serving only as an active participant rather than an interfering figure.

• Traditional Curriculum

• Progressive Curriculum

This curriculum includes characteristics such as playing outside, engaging with real things rather than just reading about them in books, and the absence of written exams and memorizing.

• Traditional Curriculum

• Progressive Curriculum

It is based on historical teaching traditions and focuses on disciplines like mathematics, language arts, science, and history.

• Traditional Curriculum

• Progressive Curriculum

The capacity to uncover and solve problems through experiments and practical issue solving are the primary instructional approaches used here. 

• Traditional Curriculum

• Progressive Curriculum

• Teachers are authoritative figures, and students are expected to be passive, with limited independent learning opportunities. 

• Traditional Curriculum

• Progressive Curriculum

In this concept of curriculum, school is preparation for life.

• Traditional Curriculum

• Progressive Curriculum

In this concept of curriculum, school is a part of life.

• Traditional Curriculum

• Progressive Curriculum

In this curriculum, methods are focused on rote learning and memorization rather than experiential learning, and place the teacher firmly at the helm of the learning process.

• Traditional Curriculum

• Progressive Curriculum

This concept of curriculum is a pedagogical movement that began in the late nineteenth century; it has persisted in various forms to the present.

• Traditional Curriculum

• Progressive Curriculum