Curriculum & Instruction

CurriculumInstructionCurriculum DevelopmentInfluences on CurriculumThe Hidden Curriculum

Curriculum

Curriculum can be defined as a plan concerned with the purpose and content of what is to be learned.

The curriculum anticipates the results of instruction.

Curricula should not merely reside in textbooks as content outlines. learning includes more than knowledge learning includes skills, attitudes, and behaviors

Instruction

Instruction can be defined as the process of teaching, delivering the curriculum, and providing learning environments for students.

Teaching so named can mean instructing, informing, training, brainwashing, conditioning, indoctrinating, and teaching - - properly understood.

Curriculum & Instruction

Curriculum can be thought of as “doing the right thing.”

Instruction can be thought of as “doing the thing right.”

Curriculum Development

Curriculum development is a planning process a way of assessing needs, identifying goals and objectives, and meeting the cultural, social, and personal

requirements that the curriculum is to serve.

Curriculum planning should precede instructional preparation.

The Need for a Theory Base

Who decides what should be taught and how it is taught?

Dynamic leadership and clear goals are essential for effective curriculum change. What are the aims of education? On what foundations should curriculum be built?

There are a host of external and internal influences on the school curriculum….

External Influences:

federal government (disabilities, titular $) the courts (church-state issues, civil rights)state legislatures (ISIP/IGAP, content stds)boards of education (procedures, book choice,

courses) the vocal right (Moral Majority, creationists) the vocal left (AIDS awareness, Z.P.G., P.P.I.)professional organizations (NSTA, AAPT )

Internal Influences:

School Improvement PlanTeacher Philosophy

Knowledge Development? Process Development?

Intellectual SkillsPhysical Dexterity

Attitude Development?

The “Hidden” Curriculum

The intended curriculum is… what we say it is.

The actual curriculum is… what remains after everything else

has been forgotten.