1. Defining Curriculum ECS 210 Fall 2013

2. Commonsense “the social stock of knowledge” (Tupper & Cappello, 2008) “official knowledge” (Apple, 2000) this knowledge is peoples’ “everyday consciousness or popular thought” (Hall, 1986, p. 20). This commonsense carries suggestions of many, sometimes contradictory, ideas and it is where the “‘stratified deposits’ of more coherent philosophical systems have sedimented over time without leaving any clear inventory” (Hall, 1986, p. 20). This social stock of knowledge, made of fragments sedimented together over time, makes up the collected reservoir of ideas that people can draw on as they interpret, name, and narrate the world. Hall also suggests that these sediments are taken for granted—“we use them without thinking” (p. 20).

3. Starting with what we know… Curriculum includes multiple documents from the ministry of education that are mandated. These documents form the fundamental basis for teaching and provide a framework or guideline for what should be taught including outcomes and indicators for learning. Curriculum is provided/shaped by the environment – context and culture matter. While curriculum does change, and can be adapted it also facilitates continuity across education systems. In curriculum, time matters; material must be able to be taught/tested within a timeframe. Curriculum includes what we choose to teach and what we don’t teach. Curriculum can be directed more broadly to being inclusive and directed to different types of learners and can be thought as contributing to success in life and the development of a well-rounded individual.

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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 …

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

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

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

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

11. Curriculum includes multiple documents from the ministry of education that are mandated. These documents form the fundamental basis for teaching and provide a framework or guideline for what should be taught including outcomes and indicators for learning. Curriculum is provided/shaped by the environment – context and culture matter. While curriculum does change, and can be adapted it also facilitates continuity across education systems. In curriculum, time matters; material must be able to be taught/tested within a timeframe. Curriculum includes what we choose to teach and what we don’t teach. Curriculum can be directed more broadly to being inclusive and directed to different types of learners and can be thought as contributing to success in life and the development of a well-rounded individual.