Types curriculum 2011

Types Curriculum
DOs
1. Overt, explicit, or written curriculum
National curriculum; Provincial curriculum; District curriculum; Public
curriculum

2. The hidden or covert curriculum (messages and lessons derived from the
mere organization of schools)
• It is implied by the very structure and nature of schools, much of what
revolves around daily or established routines
• It refers to the kinds of learning children derive from the very nature
and organizational design of the public school, as well as from the
behaviors and attitudes of teachers and administrators
• This a term is used to describe the unwritten social rules and
expectations of behavior that we all seem to know, but were never
taught (Bieber, 1994).
• This is taught by the school, not by any teacher

Don’ts
3. The null curriculum
• That which we do not teach, thus giving students the message that these
elements are not important in their educational experiences or in our society
• It is physically impossible to teach everything in schools, many topics and
subject areas must be intentionally excluded from the written curriculum.
• When certain subjects or topics are left out of the overt curriculum, school
personnel are sending messages to students that certain content and processes
are not important enough to study.

School personnel send this same type of message via the hidden curriculum also.

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Other types of curriculum

Here are some other names used for curriculum, you may place them under the above-
mentioned three types, according to the characteristics mentioned under each type
below.

Societal curriculum
Massive, ongoing, informal curriculum of family, peer groups, neighborhoods,
religious organizations, occupations, mass, media and other socializing forces that
"educate" all of us throughout our lives

Phantom curriculum
Messages prevalent in and through exposure to any type of media
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Concomitant curriculum
• What is taught, or emphasized at home, or those experiences that are part of a
family's experiences, or related experiences sanctioned by the family

• Religious expression, lessons on values, ethics or morals, molded behaviors,

or social experiences based on the family's preferences

Rhetorical curriculum
Ideas offered by policymakers, school officials, administrators, or politicians

Curriculum-in-use
The curriculum-in-use is the actual curriculum that is delivered and presented by each
teacher

Received curriculum
"The gap between what is taught and what is learned—both intended and unintended
—is large." Cuban, p. 223, 1992)

The electronic curriculum

Learning through visiting IT resources or through e-forms of communication (Wilson,
2004)

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Another angle to see classification of Major Types of curriculum

Formal (Overt, explicit, or Informal

written)
1. The curriculum on paper
2. The stated curriculum
3. The intended curriculum
4. The paper curriculum
5. The manifest curriculum
1. The creditless curriculum
2. The curriculum in action
3. The experienced/experiential/lived curriculum
4. The ideal/ideological curriculum
5. The institutional curriculum
6. The latent curriculum (hidden)
7. The learned curriculum (received)
8. The null curriculum
9. The operational curriculum (Curriculum-in-use)
10. The tacit curriculum (hidden)

Remember

Teaching ≠ Learning

Curriculum ≠ Learning environments

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