Curriculum
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In education, a curriculum (plural curricula) is the set of courses and their contents offered by an institution such as a school or university. In some cases, a curriculum may be partially or entirely determined by an external body (such as the National Curriculum for England in English schools). In the U.S., the basic curriculum is established by each state with the individual school districts adjusting it to their desires; in Australia each state's Education Department sets the various curricula.
Note that the term curriculum may relate to the range of courses that students can select from (as defined above) but may also relate to a specific learning programme. In the latter context, the curriculum describes the collective teaching, learning and assessment materials that are available for that particular course.
A crucial part of the curriculum is the definition of the course objectives which are often expressed in terms of learning outcomes and normally includes the assessment strategy for the programme. These learning outcomes (and assessments) are often grouped into units (or modules) and the curriculum, therefore, comprises a collection of such units, each specialising on a specific part of the curriculum. So a typical curriculum would include units on communications, numeracy, information technology, inter-personal skills together with more specialised provision.
[edit] List of curriculi studied by psychologists
- Affective education
- Art education
- Braille instruction
- Business education
- Career education
- Compensatory education
- Computer training
- Driver education
- Foreign language education
- Health education
- Home economics
- Language arts education
- Mathematics education
- Music education
- Physical education
- Psychology education
- Reading
- Religious education
- Sexual education
- Science
- Social studies education
- Vocational education
[edit] See also
- Core curriculum
- Course evaluation
- Curricular field experiences
- Curriculm based assessments
- Curriculum development
- Educational objectives
- Educational program accreditation
- Extracurricular activity
- Home schooling
- Lesson
- Lesson plan
- Nontraditional education
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