Curriculum Refers To The Means and Materials With Which Students Will Interact For The

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What is Curriculum?

 The word "curriculum" began as a Latin word which means "a race" or "the course of a


race" (which in turn derives from the verb currere meaning "to run/to proceed").
The word's origins appear closely linked to the Calvinist desire to bring greater order to
education. – WikiPedia.Org/Etymology

 The term curriculum refers to the lessons and academic content taught in a school or in


a specific course or program. In dictionaries, curriculum is often defined as the courses
offered by a school, but it is rarely used in such a general sense in schools. Depending
on how broadly educators define or employ the term, curriculum typically refers to the
knowledge and skills students are expected to learn, which includes the learning
standards or learning objectives they are expected to meet; the units and lessons that
teachers teach; the assignments and projects given to students; the books, materials,
videos, presentations, and readings used in a course; and the tests, assessments, and
other methods used to evaluate student learning. An individual teacher’s curriculum, for
example, would be the specific learning standards, lessons, assignments, and materials
used to organize and teach a particular course. – edglossary.Org/curriculum

 Curriculum refers to the means and materials with which students will interact for the
purpose of achieving identified educational outcomes. Arising in medieval Europe was
the trivium, an educational curriculum based upon the study of grammar, rhetoric, and
logic. The later quadrivium (referring to four subjects rather than three as represented
by the trivium) emphasized the study of arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy.
These seven liberal arts should sound a lot like what you experienced during your
formal education. – www.education.com

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