Standard - Based Secondary Curriculum - Version 1
MAIN TOPIC 2 - SECONDARY CURRICULUM IN SBE
Introduction
Normally, there are many different definitions of "Curriculum"; curriculum meanings depends on educational objectives.
Briefly, we can define the meaning of curriculum also as educational material which provides the essential guidance for educators, teachers, including students in order to achieve learning outcome.In practice. Curriculum can apply to various functions: a teacher will use curriculum to conduct teaching process in a classroom; a student will improve learning skills through considering curriculum. Generally, curriculum can be classified into many types, such as Written Curriculum,
Social Curriculum, Hidden or Covert Curriculum, Null Curriculum, Phantom Curriculum, Concomitant Curriculum, Rhetorical Curriculum, Curriculum-in-use, Received Curriculum, Internal Curriculum, and Electronic Curriculum; each is suitable for different educational purposes. The globalization that is developed without end affects largely curriculum development models.
The concepts and theories, including implementation procedures have been improved, aiming to be appropriate with these changing society. More interestingly, Tyler's model, Taba's model, Oliva's model still are popular as curriculum development models and concepts to be used or applied nowadays. These models have always given the ideas and concepts to apply for
educators about educational principles, educational philosophies, including teaching and learning management.
SUB-TOPIC 1: MEANING AND TYPES
WEBSITE
Education.Com: Edward S. Ebert II, Christine Ebert and Michael L. Bentley - Curriculum Definition
This website explains the curriculum definition; curriculum can define that the educational material which students will handle for the purpose of achieving learning outcomes.
Besides, the following currculum types and curriculum development objective also inform additional knowledge on this website.
URL: http://www.education.com/reference/article/curriculum-definition/
TheSecondPrinciple.Com: Leslie Owen Wilson - Types of Curriculum
This website informs users about the definitions, including the characteristics of curriculum types which comprise 11 types, so each type is appropriate with different specific purposes.
URL: http://thesecondprinciple.com/instructional-design/types-of-curriculum
SLIDE
IN@SlideShare.Net: Deepty Gupta - Curriculum Meaning and Concept
This slide designs to present the overviews of curriculum: the definition, the characteristic, the importance, including the curriculum development procedure simply to understand.
URL: http://fr.slideshare.net/deepati1/curriculum-basic-concept
Prezi.Com: Shaira Sorongon - Types of Curriculum operating in schools
This slide shows the concepts of each curriculum type which provide the overview for users.
URL: https://prezi.com/ezbf132lyw2p/types-of-curriculum-operating-in-schools
VIDEO
YouTube.Com: Keir Bloomer - Curriculum for Excellence and Community Learning & Development - This video shows the beginning of curriculum development in Scotland in the form of the interesting animation with the subtitle to users.
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyBsRn2vIlE
YouTube.Com: Francine Banton - 7 Types of Curriculum - This video briefly presents the types of curriculum with
a good explanation.
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzxBQaHRNew
PDF/ E-BOOK
Uk.sagepub.Com: SAGE Organization - The Nature of Curriculum - This PDF provides the general overviews of curriculum, including the set of concepts of curriculum which are useful for users.
URL: http://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/44334_1.pdf