The document defines curriculum in several ways, including as a scope and sequence document listing intended learning outcomes by grade level and topic, as textbooks that function as daily guides to instructional ends and means, and at different levels from the individual student to the international level. It also describes different types of curriculum, such as the official/written curriculum, operational curriculum, hidden curriculum, and extra curriculum.

1. THE MEANING OF “CURRICULUM”
DEFINITIONS OF “CURRICULUM”

2. Curriculum is …
Scope and sequence
Syllabus
Content outline
Textbooks
Course of study
Planned experiences
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3. The official curriculum,written curriculum
The operational curriculum
The hidden curriculum
The null curriculum
The extra curriculum
The Five Concurrent Curricula
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4. Levels of Curriculum
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Macro
Meso
Micro
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5. Scope and sequence
Syllabus
Content outline
Textbooks
Course of study
Planned experiences
The official curriculum,written curriculum
The operational curriculum
The hidden curriculum
The null curriculum
The extra curriculum
Supra
Macro
Meso
Micro
Nano

6. Curriculum is …
Textbooks

7. A School’s or department’s scope and sequence typically
embodies a concept of curriculum as a set or series of
intended learning outcomes. A scope and sequence
document is a document listing the intended learning
outcomes in each grade level, thereby giving the
sequence of the curriculum; the outcomes are grouped
according to topic, theme, or dimension,
thereby giving the scope of the curriculum (See Figure
1.1.) This concept assumes that there is a clear distinction
between educational ends and means, restricting the
concept of curriculum to educational plans rather than
including actualities. By distinguishing curriculum from
instruction, this concept places curriculum in the role of
guiding both instructional and evaluation decisions.
Scope and Sequence :

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เรียงจำกเรื่องที่ง่ำยไปสู่เรื่อง
ที่ยำกเรื่องใกล้ตัว ไปสู่เรื่อง
ที่ไกลตัว
Scope Sequence

10. Curriculum is … Textbooks

11. Curriculum is … Textbooks
The ubiquitous textbook, for teachers who teach “by the book,”
functions as a day to day guide, that is, as a guide to both the ends
and the means of instruction. Traditional texts present the content,
without much guidance as to what it is important to learn or on how
to teach. Contemporary texts are more appropriately described as
instructional systems. They include teacher guides, student
study guides or workbooks, tests, overhead projection
masters, laboratory kit, and supplementary instructional
materials.

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Student, individual
• Individualized learning plan
• Individualized course of learning or
learner pathways
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Meso
Supra
Macro

13. Nano
Classroom, teacher
•Instruction plan for module or
course
•Learning and teaching materials
Micro
Meso
Supra
Macro

14. Nano
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Macro
School jurisdiction, school
•School program (locally developed cour
•Educational program with

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Provincial,national, regional
•Intended core objectives(specified in a
curriculum framework and/or program
of studies.)
•Authorized learning and teaching
resources.
•Attainment levels. กำรบรรลุ/ควำมสำเร็จ
• Examination programs; e.g., Pan-
Canadian Assessment Program.
Micro
Meso
Supra
Macro

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International• Common European Framework of
References for Languages. Usually
“generic” in nature.
• Examination programs; e.g., Third
International Mathematics and
Science Study or Programme for
International Student Assessment or
Progress in International Reading
Literacy study.
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Meso
Supra
Macro