Curriculum
Planned experiences provided via instruction through which the school meets this goals and objectives
What is Curriculum
A type of subject centered curriculum that emphasizes the three R's at the elementary level and academic subjects at the secondary level; also includes a defined minimum level of academic standards
What is Back-to-basics curriculum
A student-centered curriculum approach that stresses the personal and social aspects of the student's growth and development. Emphasis is on self-actualizing processes and moral, aesthetic and higher domains of thinking
What is Humanistic approach to curriculum
Curricula defined in terms of bodies of content or subject matter. Achievement is judged to defined outcomes such as test scores, correct answers, or appropriate responses
What is Subject-centered curricula
A curriculum of common courses that all students are required to take. Emphasis is usually on academic achievement and traditional subject matter
What is New core curriculum
A public or private school that provides learning opportunities different from those in local public schools. Some such schools follow a student-centered curriculum characterized by a great deal of freedom for students and a relative lack of structure
What is Alternative (free) school
A type of subject- centered curriculum in which each subject is treated as a largely autonomous body of knowledge. The curriculum emphasizes traditional subjects that have dominated the US education since the late nineteenth century, including English, history, science, mathematics
What is Subject-area curriculum
Curricula that focus on the needs and attitudes of the individual student. Emphasis is on self-expression and the student's intrinsic motivation
What is Student-centered curricula
Places special emphasis on moral and ethical issues; more popularly
What is Values-centered curriculum
A fundamentally subject centered educational theory that the main purpose of education is the cultivation of the best past, the classics
What is Perennialist-influenced curriculum
A type of student centered curriculum that emphasizes purposeful and real-life experiences and, more recently, student participation in school and community activities
What is Activity-centered curriculum
The suppression of ideas and information that certain persons, individuals, groups, or government officials find objectionable or dangerous
What is Censorship
A subject centered educational theory based on six major disciplines; English, mathematics, the sciences, history, foreign languages, and geography. Contemporary essentialists also add computer literacy
What is Essentialist-influenced curriculum
Curriculum that addresses social change, emphasis knowledge, skills, and attitudes pertinent to modern society
What is Relevant curriculum