Curriculum Is...
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CURRICULUM IS…
By Angelica Rubin Huitzil.
As we already know, it is difficult to know the real definition of curriculum. In order to clarify what is the meaning of this word, let’s seehow different authors have defined it.
In the Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, (Richard J.C., Platt J., & Platt H, 1992), curriculum is defined as an educational programme,which states:
a) The educational purpose of the programme (the ends)
b) The content, teaching, procedures and learning experiences which will be necessary to achieve this purpose (themeans)
c) Some means for assessing whether or not the educational ends have been achieved.
With this kind of definition we can get confused, but let’s see what Dubin and Olshtain (1986) saidabout what curriculum is. They said that a curriculum must contain a short description of general goals. It has to indicate an overall educational-cultural philosophy which must be applied acrosssubjects “together with a theoretical orientation to language and language learning with respect to the subject matter at hand. “They also said that a curriculum is often reflective of national andpolitical trends.
Other authors such as White say that “…a curriculum refers to the totality of content to be taught and aims to be realized within one school or educational system.” Hirst (1969)claims that curriculum is “…the programme of activities…the course to be run by pupils in being educated.” However, Kerr (1968) defined curriculum as “…all the learning which is planned and guided by theschool.” Then while Kerr refers to the activities themselves, Hirst refers to the programme of the activities.
According with Nunan, we can study “the curriculum” taking in account differentperspectives. The first one is when we can look at curriculum planning. It means a decision to identify learner’s need and purposes. You have to establish goals and objectives,, select and grade...
By Angelica Rubin Huitzil.
As we already know, it is difficult to know the real definition of curriculum. In order to clarify what is the meaning of this word, let’s seehow different authors have defined it.
In the Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, (Richard J.C., Platt J., & Platt H, 1992), curriculum is defined as an educational programme,which states:
a) The educational purpose of the programme (the ends)
b) The content, teaching, procedures and learning experiences which will be necessary to achieve this purpose (themeans)
c) Some means for assessing whether or not the educational ends have been achieved.
With this kind of definition we can get confused, but let’s see what Dubin and Olshtain (1986) saidabout what curriculum is. They said that a curriculum must contain a short description of general goals. It has to indicate an overall educational-cultural philosophy which must be applied acrosssubjects “together with a theoretical orientation to language and language learning with respect to the subject matter at hand. “They also said that a curriculum is often reflective of national andpolitical trends.
Other authors such as White say that “…a curriculum refers to the totality of content to be taught and aims to be realized within one school or educational system.” Hirst (1969)claims that curriculum is “…the programme of activities…the course to be run by pupils in being educated.” However, Kerr (1968) defined curriculum as “…all the learning which is planned and guided by theschool.” Then while Kerr refers to the activities themselves, Hirst refers to the programme of the activities.
According with Nunan, we can study “the curriculum” taking in account differentperspectives. The first one is when we can look at curriculum planning. It means a decision to identify learner’s need and purposes. You have to establish goals and objectives,, select and grade...
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