The Field of Curriculum

Which is a possible definition for Curriculum?

• Curriculum can be defined as a plan for achieving goals.

• It is impossible to define curriculum.

• A successful compilation of textbooks

• Humanistic curricularists and elementary school curricularists subscribe to textbook writers who have interpreted them more broadly over the years

Which is another good option to define Curriculum?

• It is concerned with concerned with broad historical, philosophical, or social issues.

• All the experiences in the classroom

• curriculum can be defined as a field of study with its own foundations, knowledge domains, research, theory, principles, and specialists

• A complete guidance and set of standards for teachers.

Curriculum can be defined in terms of subject matter (math, science, English, history, and so on) or content (the way we organize and assimilate information).

• True

• False

• Only a few subjects

Answer explanation

We can also talk about subject matter or content in terms of grade levels. People who adopt this definition emphasize the facts and concepts of particular subject areas. Most U.S. school districts subscribe to this definition in light of the national focus on language arts and mathematics proficiency. Yet, university courses in elementary and secondary school curriculum rarely are subject specific

(e.g.,on math or biology curricula);they emphasize generic principles of curriculum that cut across and encompass most, if not all, subjects.

Consider: "Every school has a planned, formal acknowledged curriculum,"but it also has"an unplanned, informal and hidden one"that must be considered." Which of the following definitions refers to the 'unplanned curriculum?

• It focuses on goals, objectives, subject matter, and organization of instruction

• The part of the curriculum that, while not written, will certainly be learned by students.I

• It deals with sociopsychological interaction among students and teachers, especially their feelings, attitudes, and behaviors.

Try to complete the next statement with the most accurate words you can relate to it.

This guide to curriculum making was and is still advocated by educators who want to concentrate on precise _________ and ________ matter and purposeful ______ that correspond to the desired objectives and subject matter

Answer explanation

Objectives, subject, an activities.

To what extent should students, teachers, parents, and community members be involved in curriculum planning?

• Only experts should be involved.

• Only teachers should call the shots.

• Students and Teachers should be highly involved.

• The entire community deserves to be part of the planning.

Why do some people believe the field that the field lacks purpose and direction?

• There are too many people making decisions without being prepared to do so.

• Because it is considered to be ll-fitted and inappropriate to problems of actual teaching and learning

• because it has extensively adapted and borrowed subject matter from a number of other disciplines, including its major "principles, knowledge and skills.

• Because the field's lack of unity also suggests flexibility and richness.

Which of the options below correspond to fundamental questions about Curriculum?

• What philosophiesand theoriesarewe communicating,intentionallyornot,inour

  curriculum?

• What social and politicalforces influence curriculum? Which ones are most pertinent? Which impose limitations?

• What subject matter is most worthwhile?What are the best forms of content?How do

  we organize them?

• What are a curriculum's essential parts?

Complete the phrase with what you consider an accurate possible word.

"The lack of consensus of the curriculum _________ is illustrated by the experts themselves. Beauchamp divided curriculum knowledge into planning, implementation, and evaluation."

Linda Behar established an empirical format for identifying curriculum domains and practice. Which definition best matches what curriculum domains is referring to?

• broad areas of knowledge based on the most influential curriculum textbooks over a 20-year period

• Precise activities teachers and curriculum specialists engage in while inquiring about planning or implementing the curriculum)

• (1)curriculum philosophy,(2)curriculum theory,(3)curriculum research,(4)curriculum history,