Syllabus and Curriculum

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Curriculum &

Syllabus

Suresh G Isave

Associate Professor,

Tilak College of Education,

Pune-India

Curriculum

• The term, ‘curriculum’ is derived from the Latin word "Currere" which means to run/to proceed. Currere refers to the ‘course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults.’

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Curriculum

• It’s a framework for a level.

• Level objectives, no. of subjects, structure of each subject, working hours, nature of evaluation, assignments, etc. are given in curriculum.

• For B.Ed.

• For Secondary education

• For Primary education

• For Diploma level

Syllabus

• A syllabus gives a more focused outline for particular subjects.

Syllabus

• Of Geo Method in B.Ed.

• Of Geo of STD 9th

• Of EVS of STD 6th

• Of Computer course

Curriculum v/s Syllabus

• All Subjects, including CCA,

• for Level ,

• Broad objectives,

• Each subject/activity

• for subject only

• Subject specific objectives

Curriculum v/s Syllabus

• General guidelines

• Baseline for syllabus

• More useful for administration

• Details and specific

• Baseline for textbook

• More useful for teachers

Methods of Curriculum Construction

Methods

Concentric

Regional

LinearMixed

Concentric

Unit : Climate

Concentric

• Same unit is included on different standards.

• With increasing difficulty level, and details

• Examples -

Regional Methods

Local District State Country Continents

Regional Method

• The study starts From local to global.

• Geographical distance increase as with standards

Linear Method

9th Location, Physiography

Vegetation, Animal life

10th Human lifeEnvironmental

Issues

Secondary Level : Maharashtra

Linear Method

• A main concept is divided in to subunits.

• First few sub units covered on lower level, remaining covered on next level.

• Example -

Unit Method

• The topic is not related with other topics in the syllabus.

• The topic is from different branch of the subject .

• Example – generally last unit is from practical Geography.

Mixed Method

Regional

Unit Concentric

Mixed Method

• In mixed method curriculum two or more methods are used to construct a curriculum.

• It’s a combination of variety of methods.

• Few topics by regional, few by unit method and few by concentric.

• Generally this methods adapted school level.

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