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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