The idea of curriculum is hardly new, but the way we understand and theorize it has altered over the years and there remains considerable dispute as to meaning. It has its origins in the running chariot tracks of Greece. It was, literally, a course. In Latin curriculum was a racing chariot; currere was to run. Kerr defines curriculum as, 'All the learning which is planned and guided by the school, whether it is carried on in groups or individually, inside or outside the school.(quoted in Kelly 1983).
Learning is planned and guided. We have to specify in advance what we are seeking to achieve and how we are to go about it.
The definition refers to schooling. We should recognize that our current appreciation of curriculum theory and practice emerged in the school and in relation to other schooling ideas such as subject and lesson.
There are four ways of approaching or looking at curriculum theory and practice
- Curriculum as a body of knowledge to be transmitted.
- Curriculum as an attempt to achieve certain ends in students - product
- Curriculum as process.
- Curriculum as praxis.
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