Curriculum: Meaning, Definition, Principles, Aims and Components.

Meaning, Definition, Principles, Aims and Components of Curriculum Construction.

1. Education, Society , C urriculum A nd L earners Curriculum: Meaning, Definitions, Principles and conponents Nishat Anjum, Research Scholar, MJPRU, Bareilly.

2. CURRICULUM

3. Meaning of C urriculum . Definition of Curriculum. Principles of Curriculum. Components of Curriculum.

4. MEANING OF CURRICULUM The term has been drived from- L atin wor d means “A race course ” Simply we can say ; A course of study in a school or college I t is content program of planned activities learning o ut come and experiences . CURRICULUM CURRERE (LATIN WORD) “RACE COURSE” CURRICULUM “CURRER”

5. DEFINITIONS OF CURRICULUM “ Curriculum is a tool in the hands of the artist (T eacher ) to mould his material (Puplil) according to his ideals ( Objectives ) in his s tudio ( School )” “Curriculum is composed of all experiences children have under the guidence of the teacher” CUNNIG H UM : CASWELL & C A MPBELL : “

6. PRINCIPLES OF CURRICULUM CONSTRUCTION PRINCIPLE OF CHILD CENTERED EDUCATION . PRINCIPLE OF RELATION WITH LIFE . PRINCIPLE OF UTILIZING CREATIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE POWERS . PRINCIPLE OF PLAY & WORK . PRINCIPLE OF UTILIT Y. PRINCIPLE OF TOTALITY OF EXPERIENCE . PRINCIPLE OF KNOWLEDGE OF CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION . PRINCIPLE OF FLEXIBILITY . PRINCIPLE OF FORWARD LOOKING . PRINCIPLE OF CORRELATION .

7. PRINCIPLE OF CHILD CENTERED EDUCATION Curriculum should be child-centered , I n other words while constructing a suitable curriculum , the interest , needs , capabilities , abilities , age and the level of i ntelligence of child should be kept in mind.

8. PRINCIPLE OF RELATION WITH LIFE In the curriculum ; those subject should be included which are relevant for actual , in living and directly related with life experiences and practical knowledge related to life directly.

9. PRINCIPLE OF UTILIZING CREATIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE POWERS Those subjects should be assigned in curriculum which develop creative and constructive capability of the child , and knowledge of c reative i dea must be given by providing prominent place for creative activities , So that students should construct creative powers and ideas i n their minds

10. PRINCIPLE OF PLAY AND WORK Curriculum should be constructed in keeping mind that student must get the knowledge of play - games like football , Basketball, yoga , volleyball e tc; so that the curriculum become interesting for the child.

11. PRINCIPLE OF UTILITY Utility means that useful subject should be included in the curriculum and knowledge of present life situations should be given , also the subjects which provide knowledge of future life the children should be included in the curriculum.

12. PRINCIPLE OF TOTALITY OF EXPERIENCE Curriculum is sum total of various human experiences which child receives from school, College classroom, playing field, campus, society e tc .

13. PRINCIPLE OF KNOWLEDGE OF CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION I n curriculum knowledge of those subject s should be given which convey understanding of child related to particular culture , festival and make them civilized those , activity should be organised which develop feelings of culture and cooperation

14. PRINCIPLE OF FLEXIBILITY Curriculum must have flexibility , which means that it should have the abl ility so , that every child with different background can easily follow it without any problem

15. 9-PRINCIPLE OF FORWARD LOOKING The subject material provided in curriculum is able to solve the problem that come before the child in the future S o ; that he can take decisions immediately

16. 10-PRINCIPLE OF CORRELATION Curriculum is not having any meaning if it is destroyed in fragments or parts it should be integrated that means all the topics of each and every subject should be interrelated with each other so that the child will get deeper knowledge and understanding of one topic Maths Science

17. Four MAJOR CompoNENTS of Curriculum OBJECTIVE S (A ims ) METHOD S (O rganization ) CONTENT ( Subject M atter ) EVALUATION APPROACHES

18. Four major components of Curriculum Aims and objectives Ev alua tion Content o r S ubject M atter Methods and Organisation

19. Major components of of Curriculum 1-Aims and O bjectives 2- Methods and O rganization Aims of Curriculum is to produce globally competitive lifelong learners Buil d a strong foundation and skill and concepts Main objective is to achive goal Strategy or the manner in which content is taught. Use of teaching aids to gain attention of student

20. 3- Content OR SUBJECT MATTER 4- Evaluation Learning resources educational material like books , models etc Physical education book, education, geometry , algebra Arts , Science and Socia l S tudies . Determine quality , effective n ss and product of Curriculum . P rovide fee d back to learn and teacher.