Curricular policies

Curricular policies

1. Defined as

   • Rules, criteria, and guidelines controlling curriculum development and implementation

2. State

   • Basic design principles for curriculum content, educational methods, and achieving education objectives.

3. Official agents

   • Policies produced by government bodies to regulate knowledge transmission in education.

4. Control and regulation

   • Ensuring quality in education
     • Through curriculum policies

5. Levels of policymaking

   • De jure
     • Formal policies in court decisions, legislation, and regulations.
   • De facto
     • Informal policies made by community groups, testing agencies, or advisory boards.

6. Curricular goals

   • General statements
     • Describe what the department will provide to the students
       • Department responsabilities
     • What students will do to gain desired knowledge
       • Students knowledge
   • Characteristics
     • Goals
       • Stated broadly compared to objectives
     • Long-term
       • Expected outcomes after a full course of formal education.
     • Curriculum-focus
       • Achieved through the educational curriculum

7. Educational Outcomes

   • Long-term results set by the school system through its curriculum.

8. Fields of study

   • Subjects and disciplines that individuals pursue for academic or professional purposes aligned with educational standards and objectives

9. Courses of study

   • Set of organized learning experiences within a specific field of study offered over a defined period

10. Unit of study

    • Organized learning experiences centered around a specific overarching concept

11. Lesson

    • It's a structured set of related learning experiences typically lasting 20 to 90 minutes Centers on achieving specific learning objectives.

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