Components of curriculum

Components of curriculum

1. goals

   • general long term educational outcomes that the school system expects to achieve through its curriculum

2. fields

   • organized and clearly demarcated set of learning experiences typically offered over a multi year period
     • mastery, organic and enrichment curricula
       • the three types of learning result from the following analytical steps.

3. programs

   • the total set of learning experiences offered by a school for a particular group of learners

4. courses

   • set of organized learning experiences, within a field of study, offered over a specified period of time

5. policies

   • set of rules, criteria and guide lines intended to control curriculum development and implementation

6. lessons

   • set of related learning experiences typically lasting 20 - 90 minutes, focusing on a relatively small number of objectives

7. units

   • organized set of related learning experiences offered as part of a course of study

8. Hidden curriculum

   • the schools do more tha simply transmit knowledge. Hidden curriculum might best be definded in the following manner: "those aspects of schooling, other than the intentional curriculum, that seem to produce changes in students values, perceptions and behaviors"