Types of Curricula in School

Recommended Curriculum

  • Policies, standards, and guidelines provided as recommendations.

  • Basic Education (DepED), TechVoc (TESDA), and Higher Education (CHED)

Written Curriculum

  • Tangible form of the curriculum documented on paper.

  • Includes course syllabi, modules, books, instructional guides, and lesson plans.

Taught Curriculum

  • Implementation of the written curriculum by teachers and students.

  • Involves bringing the curriculum to life through teaching and learning activities.

Supported Curriculum

  • Supplementary materials aiding effective teaching and learning.

  • Examples include print materials, books, charts, posters, movies, slides, models, laboratories, museum, playground, and library.

Assessed Curriculum

  • Evaluation of the curriculum's effectiveness through assessment methods.

  • Includes traditional assessments like exams and alternative assessments.

Element

Description

Traditional Assessment

Conventional evaluation methods (pen and paper)

Alternative Assessment

Diverse evaluation approaches (performance)

Learned Curriculum

  • Focuses on determining student learning outcomes.

  • Observable changes in behavior indicate learning, such as from non-reader to reader.

  • Assessment across cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains.

Element

Description

Cognitive Domain

Mental skills and knowledge acquisition

Affective Domain

Emotional and value-based learning

Psychomotor Domain

Physical skills and coordination

Hidden/Implicit Curriculum

  • Unintentional aspects of the curriculum influencing learning.

  • Includes peer influence, school environment, media, parental pressures, societal changes, cultural practices, and natural calamities.