List the types of Curricula.

      

List the types of Curricula.

  

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Martin
1.Cole (2003) identified three types of curricular.
a) Curriculum on paper – refers to what the syllabus says and what should be taught.
b) Curriculum in action – which is the curriculum implemented in schools or educational institutions.
c) Curriculum that is actually learned is the knowledge, skills and attitudes and values which the children acquire in the teaching and learning in a classroom setting.



2.Andrew (2005) identified four types of curricula, namely;
a) Official Curriculum: Which refers to a planned course of study that has been adopted by the government e.g. the Kenya Institute of Education has a curriculum for – ECDE
-Primary Education
-Secondary Education
It is sometimes known as the national curriculum that guides production of educational material in a country.

b) Hidden Curriculum: Which consists of all that is learned during school activities, out of the designated official curriculum. These includes:
- How learners should sit
- How to greet the teacher
- Role of the teacher and prefect
- How to relate with the teachers, fellow students and other people at school.
- Values such as hard work, respect, obedience, co-operation, value for others, empathy etc.

c) Observed Curriculum: refers to the curriculum that can be used in the teaching-learning process in class. Observed curriculum may differ in terms of teaching methods and strategies employed by the teacher in class.

d) Curriculum as experienced: which refers to children’s experience in the teaching-learning process
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In Kenya, there is an official curriculum that is developed by the KIE to be used in schools. Education field officers visit schools to evaluate the implementation of the developed official curriculum.

marto answered the question on May 7, 2019 at 05:59


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