Definition of Curriculum Paper University of Phoenix Professor Eve Butler HSN/544 July 8‚ 2013 Definition of Curriculum In describing the definition of curriculum there are several definitions. It can be describe as a formal education‚ a planned interaction of pupils with structural content materials‚ the curriculum as resources and processes for evaluating the attainment of educational objectives and outcomes. Some Educators definition of curriculum is based on individual philosophical
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Creative Curriculum Model of Teaching I enjoy using the creative curriculum when working with the preschool children by using many hand on activities. The curriculum allows children to explore in their own way. The children’s learning experiences enable use of critical thinking skills to help them to develop confidence and creativity. The Creative Curriculum creates a warm and secure environment. It helps children to develop confidence and independence. The children will use words to describe
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classrooms. However‚ while the classroom materials advance and new methods of teaching trickle in‚ there is still a problem. As Jean Anyon (1980) would point out‚ “there exists a hidden curriculum in the classroom”. This idea resides in the fact that while schools are advancing there is an issue‚ a hidden curriculum‚ in which students are taught according to their social class. This idea reinforces the class struggle that Karl Marx had become an advocate for. The idea that capitalism only contributes
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The Creative Curriculum‚ objectives of learning and development are broken down into nine different objectives.These nine objectives are broken down into two different groups‚ which the first group covers the areas of “children’s growth and development (Heroman‚ Burts‚ Berke‚ Bickart‚ 2010).” Those four areas that make this group up are; social- emotional‚ physical‚ language and cognitive. The second group is focused “upon content learning which is viewed as outcome in early learning standards (Heroman
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The Creative Curriculum for Early Childhood Our Philosophy The philosophy behind our curriculum is that young children learn best by doing. Learning isn’t just repeating what someone else says; it requires active thinking and experimenting to find out how things work and to learn firsthand about the world we live in. In their early years‚ children explore the world around them by using all their senses (touching‚ tasting‚ listening‚ smelling‚ and looking). In using real materials such as blocks
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According to John Dewey in his book on The Child and the Curriculum (1902)‚ a child might not have a mental framework in which to classify and assimilate all the information that he is receiving in school. The child is still in the process of developing the context to process all the information about the world that he is absorbing. As part of a child’s survival and human development‚ he tends to focus more on the surrounding people and relationships as opposed to new concrete facts presented in
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January 2014 A Cognitivists Curriculum Emphasis Cognitivism is "the psychology of learning which emphasises human cognition or intelligence as a special endowment enabling man to form hypotheses and develop intellectually" (Feldman‚ Cognitivism) An educational institution or teacher who is a cognitivist would naturally seek to implement courses of study which focus on developing and involving conscious mental activities. According to Webster’s definition of the term ’Cognitive’‚ the courses of
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Marie and Meursault: Meant to Be or Want to Be? “It occurred to me that anyway one more Sunday was over‚ that Mamam was buried now‚ that I was going back to work and that really‚ nothing had changed.”(1.1.15) These are some of the words that ran through Meursault’s mind after his mother’s death. He was very isolated from her so he felt as if nothing had changed. He was not the most outgoing person but the same cannot be said about his love interest‚ Marie. Throughout the novel‚ The Stranger‚ Meursault
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Ever since it was implemented‚ the Common Core curriculum has been a very controversial topic among students‚ teachers and parents nationwide. Opposers believe it is a method of government control over the nation’s education system. Supporters think it will enhance education by giving everyone the same standards to meet or overcome. During my research I discovered what the government intended with Common Core and how it actually worked. The purpose of the Common Core is to better develop a student’s
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Charles Ogleclark CT7000-8 ACTIVITY 2 Analyze Curriculum Foundations Choose one of the four foundations of curriculum (philosophical‚ historical‚ psychological‚ or social)‚ and contrast its importance with the other three foundations. How does your selected foundation apply to your place of work/study? Charles Darwin; the father of speciation‚ stated in his book “On the Origin of Species” that the intelligence of mankind is merely the result of higher evolution. This theory is now
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