By- Ms Deepty Gupta

Derived from latin word Currere meaning is to

run
It is a runway(one runs to reach the goal) or a
race course referring to the course of deeds and
experiences through which children grow and
mature in becoming adults for success in
adult society .
It is totality of all the learning to which students are
exposed during their study in the school.
It is content, programme of planned activities,
intended learning outcomes, cultural preservation,
experience, agenda for social reconstruction.
 For student It is the thing the teacher make
us learn.
For teacher The courses of study provided
us to follow.
For principal The courses for which units of
credit are given.
For parent The facts that are in the
textbook.
Curriculum is the heart of schooling

It is totality of all the learning to which

students are exposed during their study
in the school.
 Acc to CUNNINGHUM It is a tool in the
hands of the artist(the teacher) to mould his
material(the pupil) in accordance with his ideal
in his studio(the school).
Acc to G.Hass The curriculum is all of the
experiences that individual learners have in a
programme of education whose purpose is to
achieve broad goals and related specific
objectives, which are planned in terms of a
framework of theory and research or past and
professional practice.
 Fulfillment of objectives
Determined by factors - social, human
development, nature of learning and nature
of knowledge
Cater individual differences

Pre- planned but can be changed

It is a blue print

It is a tool in hands of a teacher

More than teaching and learning

Describe environment in motion

All learning inside and outside school

 National development
Developing democratic life
Raising standard of living
National integration
Modernizing the society
Personal development
Education of whole man
 CURRICULUM
PLANNING

CURRICULUM CURRICULUM
EVALUATION DESIGN

CURRICULUM
CURRICULUM
IMPLEMENTATION/
TRANSACTION DEVELOPMENT
 Acc to Beans, it is a process in which
participants at many levels make decisions about
what the purpose of learning ought to be, how
these purposes might be carried out through
teaching learning situations and whether the
purposes and means are both appropriate and
effective.
CP is the process of gathering, sorting, selecting,
balancing and synthesizing relevant information
from many sources in order to design those
experiences that will assist learners in attaining
goals of the curriculum.
 CP is ultimately concerned with experiences
of learners
CP Involves decisions about both context and
methods
CP Involves decisions about a variety of
issues.
CP Involves many groups

CP Takes place at many levels.

CP Is a continuous process
 Acc to William M. Alexander of university of
Florida, the school curriculum has a
framework or structure commonly called
design, just as a building, a dress or an
automobile has. Although less
tangible(perceptible) and hopefully less fixed,
the curriculum design provides a basis for
classifying and organizing the curriculum
opportunities offered by the school.
It is the pattern or structure of a curriculum.
CD is arrangement or organisation of the
components of curriculum.
 It is a specialized area of work which expects a
teacher to have a deep understanding of the
underlying concept of curriculum and also the
skill to systematically design learning
experiences to achieve socially desired goals.
It is continuous and never ending process.
 All round development
Involves human experiences
Develop moral character, discipline, honesty
Develop thinking, reasoning
Consider stages of growth and development
Right type of feeling
Democratic attitude
Integrate various subjects
Determine mode of interaction
 The conservative principle
The forward looking principle
The creative principle
Activity principle
Preparation for life
Child centered
Principle of maturity
Individual differences
Vertical and horizontal articulation
Linking with life
Comprehensiveness and balance
Loyalties
Flexibility
Core and common subjects
Leisure
All round development
 Means management of curriculum
And management refers to conscious preference from
variety of alternative plus proposals and further the
more that such choices involve purposeful commitment
to recognize and derived objectives
Bases of transaction of curriculum
* social philosophy of the society
*National needs
*Nature of course of study
*Type of examination system
*Form of government
*Theory of human organisation
*growth and development of students
*recommendation of commissions and committees
 It is a process of delineating, obtaining and
providing information useful for making
decisions about curriculum development and
implementation.
The process of evaluation is undertaken in
order to determine the strengths and
weaknesses of an existing or an under
construction curriculum so that
improvements can be made.
It is not one shot affair
It is dynamic and cyclic process.
 It means
Assessment of students to find how much of
the intended curriculum has been transacted.
What actually happens in classroom as
experienced by students when they are
learning and can include hidden curriculum.
It is of two types-
*formative takes place during the formative
year of students
*summative used at the end of term course
or programme of grading certification, for
effectiveness of curriculum.
 Acc to Meighan(1981), the hidden curriculum is
taught by the school , not by any
teacher.something is coming across to the
pupils which may never be spoken in the English
lesson or prayed about in the assembly. They are
picking up an approach to living and an attitude
to learning.
It is defines as some of the outcomes or by
products of schools or of non school settings,
particularly those states which are learned but
not openly intended. Any setting include
traditionally recreational and social activities,
may teach unintended lessons since it is not
necessarily to schools but rather to learning
experiences.
FUNCTIONS
Inculcation of values

Political socialization

Training in obedience

Reinforcement of social inequality