HOW CURRICULUM DIFFERS FROM

LECTURE NO:4
a. Syllabus
b. Course of study
c. Educational program
d. Teaching
e. Instruction
f. Level of Curriculum
 what is syllabus?
■ Syllabus is basically a document that defines the subject. It explains the things you need to know
about a subject.
■ When a student starts a specific subject in a class, he needs to know about the subject. The syllabus
is the document which guide towards the subject.
What is included in syllabus?
■ The student can know the topics, assignments and schedule of a subject by reading syllabus. It also
covers the rules, policies and instructions.
■ In short we can say that a syllabus is a summary or brief of main lectures in a subject.
What is curriculum?
■ Curriculum is a whole content which is taught in a particular course/program. These are skills,
learning experience, and knowledge to be imparted to the students.
■ It is a very broad term and has no specific definition. You can call it combination of instructional
practices, series of things that students expect to learn, a floor plan or blue print of what will be
taught.
■ is a set of learning content and experiences that are selected, organized and implemented by the
school in pursuit of its institutional purpose
Differences between curriculum and syllabus
■ Syllabus is Greek word while curriculum is Latin origin.
■ Syllabus is an outline or summary of a particular subject while curriculum is overall content of the
course being taught in an educational institute.
■ The scope of curriculum is wider than that of syllabus.
■ The syllabus is devised by the professor or the examination board while the curriculum is set by the
Government or educational institution.
■ The syllabus duration is one year or a semester, curriculum continues till the completion of a
course.
■ The curriculum refers to what the teacher must teach while the syllabus concerned towards how
these these concepts are delivered.
Similarities between curriculum and syllabus
■ Both curriculum and syllabus are related to what is taught.
■ Both provide guidelines for learning to the students.
■ Both of these provide outlines. Curriculum is outline of particular course and syllabus is an outline
of a subject of a course.
■ Both identify the specific concepts (to be taught to students), techniques and schedule.
■ Both have their own importance and are necessary in any academic program.
Curriculum and course of study

■ A course is a set of lectures that can consist of any type of content (e.g. video,
documents, presentations etc).
■ Course is organized subject matter in which instruction is offered with a given period
of time.
■ While
■ A curriculum is a group of courses usually in a related topic. You can create a
corporate curriculum if you want your employees to get a more comprehensive skill
set on a topic
 Educational program

■ An educational program is the entire program offered by the school

institution/authorities.
■ An educational program is program given by the school/ institution/authorities
which determines the learning progress of each subject in all the stages of formal
education.
■ A list of subjects or courses to be taken and arranged in a logical order compose the
program of studies.
Curriculum Versus Educational program
■ The words curriculum and program have gained currency in modern times because of rapidly
changing content, and addition of totally new programs of study. These words cause confusion in
the minds of some people as they are often used in conjunction, and when one sees them together,
the phrase curriculum looks like rules and regulations to make the situation all the more confusing.
However, the two words curriculum and program are different from one another, though being
closely related.
■ Different degree or diploma courses available in various streams of study are labeled as programs,
whereas as the content that is used to make up these study programs and the way it is
administered is called curriculum.
■ While there were limited number of programs available for students a few decades ago such as
engineering, law, medicine, and MBA etc, today the situation has undergone a sea of change, and
there are lots of study programs that are a result of demand from the industry.
■ It is not just the number of programs but also their curriculum that keeps on changing with
changing times and the rule of demand and supply.
Teaching & Curriculum

■ Curriculum is the design, the framework of education and refers to all the
subjects that make up for a course of study according to a grade in school or
college.
■ While
■ Teaching is how teachers deliver the curriculum to the students
■ Curriculum is a focus of study, consisting of various courses all designed to reach a
particular proficiency or qualification.
■ Teaching is an academic process by which students are motivated to learn in ways
that make a sustained, substantial, and positive influence on how they think, act,
and feel.
Level of Curriculum
■ The curriculum is the structure and the content of a course: Teacher provides the outline of
the course which defines the necessary learning. Student learns according to course outline
■ The curriculum is the structure and content of a program of study: Teachers develop their
course within the program framework. Student learns to achieve the graduate outcomes.
■ The curriculum is the students’ experience of learning: Teacher provides framework for
learning within the discipline and responds to students’ needs and specific interests. Student
engages with the knowledge of the discipline.
■ The curriculum is a dynamic and interactive process of teaching and learning: Here, the
structure of the learning experience is not predetermined or defined; rather, it emerges from
the needs of the students and the interactions between students, teachers and colleagues:
‘The curriculum is very dynamic and very changeable … It has to be modified as needed to fit
the circumstances, so it is … a living thing’.
■ Societal- political Institutional- local educators and lay people InstructionaI- teachers
plan and deliver Experiential- perceived and experienced by students
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■ https://www.slideshare.net/JohnErvin4/intro-to-curriculum-development
■ https://www.slideshare.net/UmairAshraf/curriculum-history-and-elements-of-
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■ Wilson, L. O. (1990, 2004, 2006) Curriculum course packets ED 721 & 726,
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