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    Part 1 Foundations of Curriculum

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    The document discusses different definitions of curriculum from 1902 to today. It provides prescriptive definitions from John Dewey in 1902, Ralph Tyler in 1957, and the Indiana Department of Education in 2010, which describe curriculum as a reconstruction of experiences, all planned learning experiences, and the planned interaction of students with instructional content respectively. It also provides descriptive definitions from 1935, 1960, and 2013, defining curriculum as all student experiences under teacher guidance, all experiences the school accepts responsibility for, and only the plan that directly affects students. The document asks which prescriptive and descriptive definitions are most appropriate today and why.

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    The document discusses different definitions of curriculum from 1902 to today. It provides prescriptive definitions from John Dewey in 1902, Ralph Tyler in 1957, and the Indiana Department of Education in 2010, which describe curriculum as a reconstruction of experiences, all planned learning experiences, and the planned interaction of students with instructional content respectively. It also provides descriptive definitions from 1935, 1960, and 2013, defining curriculum as all student experiences under teacher guidance, all experiences the school accepts responsibility for, and only the plan that directly affects students. The document asks which prescriptive and descriptive definitions are most appropriate today and why.

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    Prescriptive Definition of Curriculum

    1902 John Dewey


    “Curriculum is a continuous reconstruction, moving from the child’s present experience out into that
    represented by the organized bodies of truth that we call studies. . . . [T]he various studies . . . are
    themselves experience—they are that of the race” (Dewey, 1902, pp. 11–12).

    1957 Ralph Tyler


    “[The curriculum is] all the learning experiences planned and directed by the school to attain its
    educational goals” (Tyler, 1957, p. 79).

    2010 Indiana Department of Education


    “Curriculum means the planned interaction of pupils with instructional content, materials, resources,
    and processes for evaluating the attainment of educational objectives”

    Prescriptive curriculum provides us with what “ought” to happen and, more often than not, takes the
    form of a plan, an intended program, or some kind of expert opinion about what needs to take place in
    the course of study.
    In your opinion, which prescriptive definition is most appropriate today? Why?

    1935 Hollis Caswell and Doak Campbell


    “Curriculum is all the experiences children have under the guidance of teachers” (Caswell & Campbell,
    1935).

    1960 W. B. Ragan
    “Curriculum is all the experiences of the child for which the school accepts responsibility” (Ragan, 1960).

    2013 Edward S. Ebert II, Christine Ebert, and Michael L. Bentley


    “Curriculum is only that part of the plan that directly affects students. Anything in the plan that does not
    reach the students constitutes an educational wish but not a curriculum” (Ebert, Ebert, & Bentley, 2013,
    p. 2).

    Descriptive curriculum explains how curricula “benefit or harm all individuals it touches.” For example,
    one descriptive concept from curriculum theory is that of the hidden curriculum, which is some of the
    outcomes or by-products of schools, particularly those situations that are learned but not openly
    intended.
    In your opinion, which descriptive definition is most appropriate today? Why?

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