Basic Concepts of curriculum

These are the basic considerations in curriculum work.

• What is curriculum?
• What are curriculum types?
• What are curriculum perspectives?
• What are curriculum commonplaces?
• What are the steps in curricular analysis?

What is curriculum?

Posner (2003) identifies these fundamentals of curriculum:

• Scope and sequence: The depiction of curriculum as a matrix of objective assigned to successive grade levels (i.e., sequence) and grouped according to a common theme (i.e., scope).
• Syllabus: A plan for an entire course, typically including rationale, topics, resources, and evaluation.
• Content outline: A list of topics covered organized in outline form.
• Textbooks: Instructional materials used as the guide for classroom instruction.
• Course of study: A series of courses that students must complete.
• Planned experiences: All experiences students have that are planned by the school, whether academic, athletic, emotional, or social.