Aspects of Curriculum
The aspect of curriculum that appears in plans, guides, and materials
Formal curriculum
The vertical connection of curriculum between grades or schools
Articulation
Political elites' ways of speaking, thinking, and acting, which they impose on others via the school system
Cultural arbitrary
The aspect of curriculum that features ways of thinking and interacting that are standard in the dominant culture
Informal curriculum
The horizontal focus and connectivity of curriculum
Coordination
A form of non-economic capital that includes the knowledge, ideas, and behavioral conventions of cultural elites
Cultural capital
The aspect of curriculum that includes tacit ways in which the culture of elites is reinforced
Hidden curriculum
The fit between the curriculum and the test
Curriculum alignment
Ways of behavior that develop within cultural groups and are self-perpetuating
Habitus
Curriculum development approach that begins by writing the curriculum and then writing or adopting a test
Frontloading
Curriculum development that begins by writing a test and then developing the curriculum to match it.
Backloading