Curriculum Development
Curriculum Development
Curriculum Development
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
Hidden Curriculum
• This is the unintended curriculum which is not deliberately planned but ay modify
behavior or influence learning outcomes. Peer influence, school environment, physical
condition, teacher-learner interaction, mood of the teacher and many other factors make
up the hidden curriculum.
Concomitant Curriculum
• Things that are taught at home; those experiences that are part of a family's experiences,
or related experiences sanctioned by the family. This type of curriculum may be received
at church, in the context of religious expression, lessons on values, ethics or morals,
molded behaviors, or social experiences based on a family's preferences.
Phantom Curriculum
• The messages prevalent in and through exposure to media
Null
• Is what is not taught. Not teaching some particular idea or sets of ideas may be due to
mandates from higher authorities, to a teacher’s lack of knowledge, or to deeply
ingrained assumptions and biases.