Saturday, December 22, 2012

Explain the following: received , internal and electronic curriculum.What do you understand from it?

Reading this question as a teacher, I am guessing that
your professor actually wants to hear your thoughts on these three
types of curriculum.  Part of growth and development as a teacher is coming to a
personal understanding of your job as an educator.  I admit, knowing the difference
between these types of curriculum may never come up once you are in the actual job,
however, I do think it is important for you to attempt to answer
the second part of your question on your own.


That said,
perhaps hearing the definitions again, in different words, will aid your
understanding.


  • received
    curriculum
    refers to the knowledge and understaning the students actually
    walk away with at the end of the lesson.  In a lesson plan, this is the part that asks,
    "What did my students actually learn?"  Received curriculum is measured by adequate and
    tailored forms of assessment.

  • internal
    curriculum
    could also be called "schema" or the prior knowledge of
    students that combines with current lessons to create understanding.  As a teacher, you
    want to tap into students' existing internal curriculum as best as
    possible because when new information is combined with prior knowledge, it is more
    likely that students will retain and apply the new
    information.

  • electronic
    curriculum
    is simply using forms of electronics within lessons.  Most
    often this is going to revolve around the use of the internet.  There are mixed opinions
    about the use of electronic curriculum in the classroom.  Arguably, some lessons utilize
    the internet better than others.  It cannot be ignored, however, that with our
    increasingly electronic society, teachers do their students a disservice to leave
    electronics completely out of their
    curriculum.

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