What is Curriculum?

   Subject: Foreign Languages Didactics II Teacher's name: Jineth Karina Garcia Cendales Student's name: Sebastian Buitrago Lopez How aware are you of the curriculum that guided your schooling? You may not remember, but every subject, topic, and teaching method responded to a structured plan and was with the help of the curriculum. Defining curriculum can easily lead to misunderstandings, because it is not a simple concept. For some, curriculum means a list of subjects and topics to be taught. For others, it represents the whole educational experience, including values, methods, and goals. In this blog, however, the concept will be broken down and explored. Here,  curriculum is understood as a framework that regulates which contents are selected for teaching and learning.  T heoretical foundations.  Ralph Tyler (1902-1994) states that curriculum refers to  all the learning experiences designed and directed by the school, whether they take place in groups or...