1. Defining Curriculum ECS 210 Winter 2013

2. Starting with what we know… The objectives and goals that teachers strive to teach their students. These objectives and goals largely come from government (standardized tests, written curriculum documents) and change over time. Underlying these goals is a general expectation of growth ‑ emotional, intellectual – that encompasses a student’s whole being. There is also an informal curriculum that is based on the lived experiences of students.

3. Some Definitions Formal Curriculum (written curriculum, overt curriculum, official curriculum) the planned programme of objectives, content, learning experiences, resources and assessment offered by a school. http://www.curriculum.gov.sk.ca

4. Another… Hidden Curriculum (tacit or informal curriculum) the things that students learn in school that are not part of the formal or explicit curricula It is often seen as negative thing. It can also be positive.

5. More… Curriculum as Place Sees curriculum as grounded in students’ experiences, in local events and places, and more than in formal educational setting, curriculum is connected to families and communities. This might include elements of culture, history, the social, religion, economies …

6. Even more… The Null Curriculum What schools do not teach

7. … Curriculum as Lived Curriculum as Taught / Planned Curriculum as Learned / Experienced Curriculum as …

8. Seeing Curriculum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2vrgx6Gr PY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2vrgx6Gr PY A clip from Dangerous Minds

9. Complicating Curriculum Stories Nice White Lady http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaewfHk9 KiA

10. The objectives and goals that teachers strive to teach their students. These objectives and goals largely come from government (standardized tests, written curriculum documents) and change over time. Underlying these goals is a general expectation of growth ‑ emotional, intellectual – that encompasses a student’s whole being. There is also an informal curriculum that is based on the lived experiences of students.