curriculum
English meaning: Curriculum
English Definition
(English)Curriculum (Latin: currere = to run/course) is the planned educational programme — what students are expected to learn, in what sequence, and how learning will be assessed. National curriculum frameworks (India's NCERT syllabus) standardise content across states. Curriculum debates often reflect broader social values — what history is taught, whether sex education is included, how science relates to religion.
English Definition
The totality of courses, content, and learning experiences offered by an educational institution. The formal curriculum specifies subjects and content taught; the 'hidden curriculum' transmits social norms and values implicitly through schooling culture.
Example
“India's NCERT curriculum revision is politically sensitive — choices about which historical events are emphasised or de-emphasised reflect contested national narratives.”
In English: “Curriculum design is never neutral — choices about content and emphasis reflect and reproduce social values.”
Synonyms
- syllabus
- course of study
- programme of learning
Literary Heritage
“The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright.”
“The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright.”
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