Curriculum is a plan for achieving goals,

lessons and academic content taught in a

school or in a specific course or program.

Written Curriculum
Social Curriculum
Hidden Curriculum
Null Curriculum
Phantom Curriculum
Concomitant Curriculum

Rhetorical Curriculum
Curriculum-in-use
Received Curriculum
Internal Curriculum
Electronic Curriculum

Types of
Curriculu
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Written Curriculum

Social Curriculum

Definitions and
Example
Written as part of formal instruction of
schooling experiences; designated and
reviewed by administrators, curriculum
directors and teachers
E.g. KBSR, KSSR
Include the powerful effects of social
media to create new perspectives.
E.g. Kampus Astro: Astro Tutor TV,
Astro TVIQ, Astro Ceria, Disney Channel,
History Channel, Discovery Channel,

Types of
Curriculum
Hidden Curriculum

Definitions and
Example

Revolves
around
established routines.

daily

E.g. Cultural values / Dress codes

Null Curriculum

That which teachers do not teach

E.g. Death / Sex

or

Types of
Curriculum

Definitions and
Example

Generalized in and through exposure to

Phantom Curriculum any type of media.
What is taught, or emphasized at home
Concomitant
Curriculum

E.g. Religious expression, lessons on

values, ethics or morals, or social
experiences based on the familys
preferences.

Types of
Curriculum

Definitions and
Example

Generalized in and through exposure to

Phantom Curriculum any type of media.

Concomitant
Curriculum

What is taught, or emphasized at home

May be received at church, in the
context of religious expression, lessons
on values, ethics or morals, or social
experiences based on the familys
preferences.

Types of
Curriculum

Definitions and
Example

Rhetorical
Curriculum

Offered by policymakers, school

officials, administrators, or politicians.
E.g. LIINUS,PBS

Curriculum-in-use

Comprises those things in textbooks,

and content and concepts in the district
curriculum guides.

Those concepts and content that are

Received Curriculum truly learned and remembered by the
students.

Types of
Curriculum

Definitions and
Example

Internal Curriculum

Processes,
content,
knowledge
combined with the experiences and
realities of the learner to see what
students really remember from a lesson.
E.g. Reflective exercises, or debriefing
discussions..

Electronic
Curriculum

Lessons learned through searching the

Internet for information, or through using
e-forms of communication.
Blogs,
wikis,
chatrooms,
on-line
conversations, or through personal e-

The Core
Curriculum At
Our School

WRITTEN
CURRICULUM

Curriculum Aims, Goals and Objectives

Simplify what is to be done. It tries to capture what goals are to be achieved, the vision, the
philosophy, the mission statement and objectives. Further, it clearly defines the purpose and what
the curriculum is to be acted upon and try what to drive at.

Curriculum Content or Subject Matter

It contains information to be learned in school. It is an element or a medium through which the

objectives are accomplished.

Instructional strategies and methods.

These instructional strategies and methods will put into action the
goals and use of the content in order to produce an outcome.

Curriculum Experiences

Curriculum Evaluation

Identifies the quality, effectiveness of the program, process and

product of the curriculum.

Assess whether the objectives and aims have been meet or if not.

Syllabus

Program or outline of a course of study

Curriculum

Subjects that are studied or prescribed

for study in a school or in a college.

Course

A set of classes or a plan of study on a

particular subject

Programme

A planned series of future events

They could not stand alone. One will

not exist without the other.
(Eric Burdon)