Definitions of Curriculum Definition 1: Curriculum is such permanent subjects as grammar, reading, logic, rhetoric, mathematics, and the greatest

books of the Western world that best embody essential knowledge. Definition 2: Curriculum is those subjects that are most useful for living in contemporary society. Definition 3: Curriculum is all planned learnings for which the school is responsible. Definition 4: Curriculum is all the experiences learners have under the guidance of the school. Definition 5: Curriculum is the totality of learning experiences provided to students so that they can attain general skills and knowledge at a variety of learning sites. Definition 6: Curriculum is what the student constructs from working with the computer and its various networks, such as the Internet. Definition 7: Curriculum is the questioning of authority and the searching for complex views of human situations. Definition 8: Curriculum is all the experiences that learners have in the course of living. (From Marsh, C. J. & Willis, G. (2003). Curriculum: Alternative approaches, ongoing issues. (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.) _____________________________________________________________________________

Definitions of Curriculum

A body of knowledge that is a framework and guide to allow students to reach their potential. It teaches them skills needed to survive as productive citizens. A menu of opportunities that allow a student to develop the thinking and being skills necessary to succeed in life and to pursue mental and physical well-being. Curriculum is the content of a course and the learning processes of students and teachers leading to the "ideal" graduate. A guide for content process in a relevant, open-ended, flexible approach to guiding thoughtful learners. Is a process of learning and discovery which utilizes any means necessary to enhance students' abilities to recognize and explore their ignorance. The skills, concepts and processes which enable students to answer essential questions and provide depth for the successful completion of exhibitions. An essential body of skills and knowledge which enables students and progress to continue the acquisition of new knowledge and additional skills.

A vehicle in which a "school" achieves its purpose (formal/informalintended/unintended) by allowing students to: (1) question reasoning, (2) show enthusiasm, (3) filter out essential knowledge.

Patricia J. McArdle / Mather High School / 5835 N. Lincoln Ave. / Chicago, IL 60659/ CES Fall Forum 1997/ page '2

WIKIPEDIA Curriculum is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university.(Wikipedia) A curriculum may also refer to a defined and prescribed course of studies, which students must fulfill in order to pass a certain level of education. .(Wikipedia)

Definitions of Curriculum(criticalmediaeducation.worldpress)
Through the years, many definitions of curriculum have been proposed. Look at the following samples of definitions. A. Curriculum is the schools adopted program of studies. B. Curriculum consists of contents of the various courses taught in the school. C. Curriculum involves planned interactions among instructors, learners, and learning resources in the school or in other appropriate instructional settings. D. Curriculum encompasses all of the experiences offered to learners under the authority of the school or under the authority of other appropriate instructional agencies. E. Curriculum includes all planned and unplanned experiences of learners in the school and in other appropriate instructional settings. B.