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Seven Types of Curriculum Operating in The School

There are seven types of curriculum that operate in schools: 1) recommended, 2) written, 3) taught, 4) supported, 5) assessed, 6) learned, and 7) hidden. The recommended curriculum refers to what is suggested by education authorities. The written curriculum includes lesson plans and modules. The taught curriculum is how teachers implement lessons in the classroom. Supported curriculum provides materials and facilities. Assessed curriculum evaluates student learning. The learned curriculum is what students absorb. The hidden curriculum encompasses unofficial norms and values learned outside the classroom.

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Seven Types of Curriculum Operating in The School

There are seven types of curriculum that operate in schools: 1) recommended, 2) written, 3) taught, 4) supported, 5) assessed, 6) learned, and 7) hidden. The recommended curriculum refers to what is suggested by education authorities. The written curriculum includes lesson plans and modules. The taught curriculum is how teachers implement lessons in the classroom. Supported curriculum provides materials and facilities. Assessed curriculum evaluates student learning. The learned curriculum is what students absorb. The hidden curriculum encompasses unofficial norms and values learned outside the classroom.

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Seven Types of Curriculum Operating In The School

1. Recommended Curriculum
 Almost all curricula found in our schools are recommended.
 The Ministry of Education, the CHED or any professional organization can
recommend and implement a curriculum.
-Basic Education recommended by DepEd.
-Higher Education recommended by CHED.
-Vocational recommended by TESDA
-UNESCO recommend curriculum in school.
Examples:
 In the Philippines, the curriculum being implemented by the Department of
Education (DepEd) or the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) is an example
of a recommended curriculum.
 The congress and the senate, or a university or a school can recommend a subject,
a course, or any academic program for environmental protection and sustainable
development.
2. Written Curriculum
 This includes documents based on the recommended curriculum.
 A packet of this written curriculum is the teachers lesson plan.
 The most recent written document is the K-12 for Philippine Basic Education.
Examples:
 Lesson Plan
 Syllabus
 Modules
 Book or instructional guides
3. Taught Curriculum
 From written or planned, the curriculum has to be implemented or taught.
 The teacher and the learner will put life to the written curriculum.
 It contains different teaching and learning styles to address the students’ needs and
interest.
Examples:
 activity being done in the classroom
 teacher give lecture, initiate group work, laboratory experiment

4. Supported Curriculum
 This is described as support materials that the teacher needs to make learning and
teaching meaningful.
 Includes facilities where learning occurs outside or inside the four-walled building.
Examples:
Materials
 Print materials (books, chart, posters, worksheets)
 Non print materials (PPT, movies, slides, models, realia’s, mock-ups)
Facilities
 Playground
 Science lab
 Zoo
 Museum
 Plaza
 Audio-visual room
5. Assessed Curriculum
 Taught and supported curriculum have to be evaluated to find out if the teacher
succeeded.
 In the process of teaching and at the end of every lesson or teaching episode.
 Either traditional or authentic assessment
 Assessment for learning - find the progress
 Assessment as learning
 Assessment of learning-how much has been learned or mastered
Examples:
 Quiz
 Mid-term
 Final exam
6. Learned Curriculum
 What the students have learned
 Measured by tools in assessment which cognitive, affective and psychomotor.
 Demonstrate higher-order and critical thinking and lifelong skills
 Capability that students should demonstrate at the end of the lesson can be
measured through learning outcomes.
7. Hidden Curriculum/Implicit Curriculum
 Refers to the unplanned or unintended curriculum but plays a vital role in learning.
 Not actually present but it can be felt.

Factors
 Peer influence
 School environment
 Media
 Parental pressures
 Societal changes
 Cultural practices
 Natural calamities
Examples:
 Norms
 Values
 Beliefs
 Procedures
Implicit Curriculum - what’s left unsaid and is crafted in the thinking and communication of
the teacher.
Explicit Curriculum - based on content outlines, course and syllabus.

EXAMPLE
Recommended Curriculum Teacher got the topic based on the
curriculum.
Written Curriculum Prepared the lesson plan.
Taught Curriculum Learners centered and the teacher follow
the 3I’s (Introduction, Interaction &
Integration).
Supported Curriculum Uses pictures and real objects.
Assessed Curriculum Provide a written activity and
assignment.
Learned Curriculum The student was able to demonstrate
and identify that topic.
Hidden Curriculum None

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