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Curriculum and Syllabus
Curriculum and Syllabus
DEVELOPMENT
AND
EVALUATION
Course Code: 5121
Outline
Aims
Group 2: Syllabus vs.
curriculum
Further discussion
Aims
Question forms
Intonation practice
Syllabus vs. syllabus
inventory
Inventory: list of contents to be covered
in language programme (e.g.: functional,
grammatical items, skills, of topics or
situations)
Syllabus: way that content is organized
and broken down into a set of teachable
and learnable units (with consideration of
pacing, sequencing and grading of items,
methods of presentation and practice, etc.)
Curricula
In formal education:
planned interaction of pupils
with instructional content,
materials, resources, and
processes for evaluating
attainment of educational
objectives
A curriculum
Entire program by a class, school,
district, state, country
Outlines skills, performances,
attitudes, values learned from school
Includes desired outcomes, materials
descriptions, planned sequence to
achieve outcomes
Contains course content (i.e. syllabus),
methods employed, norms and values
related to way school is organized
A curriculum = A
system
national curriculum
an institution
school curriculum
an individual school (e.g.
school geography
curriculum)
Broad distinction
syllabus refers to content / subject
matter of a subject, list of topics to
be taught
curriculum refers to totality of
content taught and aims to be
realized within one school /
educational system
-> syllabus is subordinate to
curriculum
REFLECTION 5
MINUTES
What have I
learned today?
Reflection
Think of the textbooks + teaching
materials which you are currently using at
your school / university / institution;
How are the activities in those
books/materials designed?
Related to which methods?
Suitable with which learning styles?
Any suggestions for improvement?
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