Test # 1_EDUC326_Intro to Curriculum Development

Curriculum, a widely used term today, comes from the concept of a ___________ track.

Origin of the word curriculum

• currere

• curerre

• crurre

• currerre

What are the four groups of curriculum definitions that seem to work for now?

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The meaning of curriculum changes according to

• one's perspective and philosophy

• the context

• The teaching style

• Teacher's experience

Curriculum as a subject matter

“The curriculum should consist of ​ (a)   —the rules of grammar, reading, rhetoric and logic, mathematics, at the secondary level, the greatest books of the Western world.” • --Robert Hutchin

• permanent studies
• valuable lesson
• critical analysis
• practical solutions

According to Hilda Taba: A curriculum is a ​ (a)   for learning.” • --Hilda Taba

• plan
• action
• instructions

The curriculum is that series of things that children and youth must do and ​​ (a)   .”

• experience
• learn
• study
• work

The curriculum is a structured set of learning ​ (a)   (objectives) resulting from instruction.” • --K. Howell, S. Fox, & K. Morehead

• outcomes
• practices
• materials
• syllabus

Match the following

• The Recommended Curriculum

• The curriculum recommended by experts in the field

• The supported curriculum

• The curriculum that is embodied in the state tests, school system tests, and teacher-made tests.

• The written curriculum

• The curriculum that teachers actually deliver.

• The tested curriculum

• found in the documents by the state, the school, the teacher, specifying what is to be taught.

• The taught curriculum

• the curriculum that is supported in instructional materials.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) The Learned Curriculum

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(b) The Hidden Curriculum

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(c) The Written Curriculum

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(d) The Recommended Curriculum

• It has moderate influence on the taught curriculum.

• have little impact on the written curriculum

• the unintended curriculum

• Include a curriculum guide and a scope and sequence chart.

• have little influence on schools.

• Often there is a significant gap between taught and learned curriculum.

• The bottom line curriculum

• What students learn from the school's culture and climate.