Year | definition | source | 1975 | ".. the planned and guided learning experiences and intended learning outcomes, formulated through the systematic reconstruction
of knowledge and experience, under the auspices of the school, for the learner's continuous and wilful growth in personal-social competence." | Tanner, Daniel & Tanner, Laurel N. (1975, p.45) |
1975 | "A curriculum is an attempt to communicate the essential principles and features of an educational proposal in such a form that it is open to critcal scrutiny and capable of effective translation into practice" | Stenhouse, Lawrence (1975, p.4) |
1983 | "A narrow definition ... would limit it to content, that is, subjects on the timetable and what is taught under each of those subject headings. At the other extreme, curriculim is used in a very wide sense to include not only what is taught, but how it is taught and why." | Lawton, Denis (1983, p.1) |
1988 | "In a distinction that is commonly drawn in Britain, 'syllabus' refers to the content or subject matter of an individual subject, whereas 'curriculum' refers to the totality of content to be taught and aims to be realized within one school or educational system. In the USA, 'curriculum' tends to be synonymous with 'syllabus' in the British sense." | White, Ronald (1988, p.4) |
1996 | "A narrow definition would limit curriculum to a 'programme for instruction'; wider definitions would include all the learning that takes place in a school or other institution, planned and unplanned. In recent years curriculum has been defined as a selection from the culture of a society; and the curriculum is planned by a process of cultural analysis." | Lawton, Denis & Gordon, Peter (1996, p.81) |