Sources and Elements of Curriculum

Sources and Elements of Curriculum

1. Curriculum Sources

   • Social Cultural Context
     • They answer the following demands:
       • General knowledge
       • Cultural heritage
       • Values into a society
   • Student
     • Each student is a particular and unique being.
       • Students play two roles
         • They are active curriculum
           • When the students share their culture and background knowledge.
         • They are tough with the attitudes and values that a culture hopes from them
   • Knowledge Areas
     • Different levels
       • Macro
       • Meso
       • Micro
     • They must be contextualized to student's background knowledge by professors.
     • it is all the subject that a professor or an institution have planned out to teach

2. Curriculum fundaments

   • They always depend on students, sociocultural context, and knowledge areas.
   • Their approach is through several sciences such as
     • Thus, it is possible to know students individually to choose the correct methodology.
     • Psychology
     • sociology
     • philosophy
     • anthropology