Types of Curriculum
Forces that Influence Curriculum
Definitions
100
The stated curriculum found in textbooks, curriculum guides, and standards including everything you are expected to teach and what the students are expected to learn?
What is explicit?
100
The most powerful and important force which influences curriculum
What is the teacher?
100
What teachers teach and students learn
What is curriculum?
200
Combining concepts and skills from various disciplines
What is integrated?
200
Determines curriculum content and specifies what students should understand
What is standards and accountability?
200
The strategies teachers use to help students reach their learning goals in the curriculum.
What is instruction?
300
Classroom management routines, the way you treat your students and the overall climate of your classroom
What is implicit?
300
Passes legislation and directs funding to meet national goals and priorities
What is the federal government?
300
Statements that describe what students should know or be able to do at the end of the lesson or term
What is a standard?
400
The curriculum that is ignored or you run out of time to cover
What is null?
400
Presenting topics that make up the curriculum in a content area
What is textbooks?
400
The process requiring students to demonstrate understanding of topics covered as measured by testing
What is accountability?
500
A learning experience that extends beyond the core of students formal studies
What is extracurriculum?
500
the four forces that influence curriculum
What are the teacher, standards and accountability, federal government and textbooks?
500
Can determine whether a student moves on to the next grade level
What is a high-stakes test?