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Types of Curriculum: Recommended Curriculum. Composed of A Basic Set of Instructions, The Recommended

There are seven main types of curriculum that help teachers in the classroom: recommended, written, taught, supported, assessed, learned, and hidden. The recommended curriculum provides a basic set of standards set by the government. The written curriculum provides lesson plans and materials for teachers. The taught curriculum involves how teachers deliver lessons using various methods. The supported curriculum enhances learning through supplemental resources. The assessed curriculum evaluates learning through tests and assessments. The learned curriculum measures student performance based on acquired knowledge. The hidden curriculum addresses unplanned cultural issues affecting education.

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Types of Curriculum: Recommended Curriculum. Composed of A Basic Set of Instructions, The Recommended

There are seven main types of curriculum that help teachers in the classroom: recommended, written, taught, supported, assessed, learned, and hidden. The recommended curriculum provides a basic set of standards set by the government. The written curriculum provides lesson plans and materials for teachers. The taught curriculum involves how teachers deliver lessons using various methods. The supported curriculum enhances learning through supplemental resources. The assessed curriculum evaluates learning through tests and assessments. The learned curriculum measures student performance based on acquired knowledge. The hidden curriculum addresses unplanned cultural issues affecting education.

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Types of Curriculum

Aside from having seven types of curriculum helping teachers in the classroom, the learning
styles and experiences also influence how students learn. The first kind of curriculum is the
recommended curriculum. Composed of a basic set of instructions, the recommended
curriculum is the foundation of all curriculums. Mostly, a body of government like the
Department of Education and the Senate implement a set of standards that support state and local
school districts.

Next, teachers readily use the written curriculum in the classroom to prepare lesson plans and
activities. The written curriculum facilitates teachers with a syllabus, course plan and additional
lesson plans. Many school districts also offer curriculum experts or designers to develop written
curriculums. Then, teachers organize their instructions as part of a taught curriculum. In a
taught curriculum, teachers use various types of learning tools for teaching. For example, group
work or a lab experiment is part of the taught curriculum since students engage in learning the
material based on the teacher’s delivery of the lesson.

Other examples include hands-on activities, classroom lectures and notes. As part of the taught
curriculum, teachers also implement learning styles into the lessons in order to satisfy different
special needs for learning. Supporting the learning experience requires supplemental materials
and tools. In a supported curriculum, teachers use resources, such as field trips and technology,
to enhance the learning process of students. While many of these types of curriculum support the
teacher in the classroom, evaluation of the learning consists of the assessed and learned
curriculum.

As the term suggests, the assessed curriculum evaluates the learning with quizzes, tests,
formative and informative assessments. In fact, many teachers assign different informative
assessments. Projects, presentations and portfolios assess the learning experience of students in a
more engaging way. Students often interact with different sections of a particular unit of study in
order to develop an individual or group project. However, in the academic curriculums, teachers
measure the lesson objectives using tests, midterms and exams.

Indeed, the learned curriculum measures the student performance based on acquired knowledge
using various teaching methods, as previously mentioned. Hence, teachers distribute the results
of a test and offer feedback in order to ensure a positive student experience. While each
curriculum functions as a set of guidelines to facilitate teaching, a hidden curriculum often
interjects into the pattern of instruction. Although it is not intended to be part of the curriculum
or is not planned, the hidden curriculum encourages students and teachers to address cultural
and background issues that are currently affecting education and the community. These types of
curriculum collaborate with one another to motivate a critical-thinking approach for students and
teachers in schools.

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