Curriculum Studies Article Summary
Curriculum Studies Article Summary
Curriculum Studies Article Summary
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A Summary of
The Various Concepts of Curriculum and the Factors Involved in Curricula-making
by Shao Wen-Su
Introduction
The article The Various Concepts of Curriculum and the Factors Involved in Curriculamaking written by Shao-Wen Su from the Department of Applied English, National Chin-Yi
University of Technology, Taiwan. The article asserts about the meaning of curriculum and
relevant literature associated with the term curriculum to help clarify about how much
curriculum was concerned about in the school context. The author mentioned about the
curricular conceptualizations and how to examine the term curriculum from the narrow to
the broad. Definitions made by different researchers are provided to better understand the
conception of curriculum.
Summary
The article describes about the concept of curriculum especially in looking at the
literature review and one of example in describing the curriculum is Goodson (1994) which
describes of curriculum as a multifaceted concept, constructed, negotiated and renegotiated
at a variety of levels and in a variety of arenas. This view reflects the complex and
interactive nature of curriculum. Meanwhile, Longstreet and Shane (1993) reveal another
side of curriculum which requires decision making.
A set of
objectives
Courses of
content
andor
goals of formal
Study
Content
instruction
but lays the
Plans
CURRICULUM
In summary:
1. Curricula as a set of objectives = goals or objectives
2. Curricula as courses of study or content = content + goals
3. Curricula as plans = content + goals+ teaching methods
4. Curricula as documents = content + goals + methods + assessment
Experiences
cultural