1. Definitions of Curriculum and
Christian Education

2. Identifying “Christian”
Noun
Adjective
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3. Identifying “Christian”
Noun
•Christ
•Bible
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4. Identifying “Christian”
Noun
Adjective
•Represent Christ in our actions
•Christian theology
•Christian principles and convictions
•Treating student as “imago Dei”
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5. Identifying “Education”
Educare “to train/mold”
Educere “to lead out”
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6. Educare “to train/mold”
•Preserving knowledge
•Shaping the next generation
•Direct instruction
•Subject mastery
•Becoming good, reliable workers
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7. Definitions

8. 4 Ways of understanding Christian Education:

9. 4 Ways of understanding Christian Education:
Religious Instruction

10. 4 Ways of understanding Christian Education:
Religious Instruction Socialization Process

11. 4 Ways of understanding Christian Education:
Religious Instruction Socialization Process
Personal Development

12. 4 Ways of understanding Christian Education:
Religious Instruction Socialization Process
Personal Development Process of Liberation

13. Forma Nonformal Informal
l
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14. Forma Nonformal Informal
l
School Life
Classroom Experiences
Experiences Intentional Socialization
Educating
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15. Definition of Curriculum:
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16. Definition of Curriculum:
“currere” – to run
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
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17. Recommended Curriculum:
-created by policy making groups or individual
scholars
•Policies
•Recommendations
•Listed educational goals
•Suggested graduation requirements
•Content/Structure
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18. Intentional Curriculum
Written Curriculum:
•Rationale
•General goals
•Objectives/Outcomes
•Sequence
•Kinds of learning activities
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19. Intentional Curriculum
Supported Curriculum:
•Time allotted to a topic
•Learning Materials and Equipment
•Teachers
•Classroom setting
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20. Intentional Curriculum
Taught Curriculum:
•Portion actually delivered to the students
•Teacher’s decision about information to share
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21. Intentional Curriculum
Tested Curriculum
•Assessment of taught curriculum
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22. Learned Curriculum:
•What the student understands, learns and retains
•The changes in values, perceptions and behavior
that occur as a result of education formal,
nonformal and informal
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23. Unintentional Curriculum
Hidden Curriculum:
•Anything that changes behavior or attitude of
students
•Unstated assumptions and actions
•Environmental influences
•Organizational variables
•Social and Economic variables
•Cultural variables
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24. Null Curriculum
What is being taught by not being taught.
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25. Written
Curriculum Recommended
Curriculum
Null
Supported Curriculum
Curriculum
Learned
Curriculum
Taught
Curriculum
Tested Hidden
Curriculum Curriculum
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26. Curriculum Design
•Directions for creating elements of an instructional
plan.
•Includes following elements:
• Instructional purpose statement
• Goals
• Outcomes
• Scope and Sequence
• Methods
•Uses educational psychology, philosophy in
construction
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27. Instructional Plan
•Use of Curriculum Design to create blueprint
•Materials for development
• Units of study
• Individual lessons/lectures/sessions
Curricular Materials
•Printed materials from publishing company, written
by churches for use or textbooks
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