BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS RELATED TO ELTPs
CURRICULUM
Curriculum is a Latin term that has been immediately translated into English. Its Latin meaning is ''to run,'' ''to race,''. The curriculum is a set of lessons, exams, and other academic material that a teacher teaches at a school, program, or class. It contains information to assist educators in the creation of curriculum and activities. Also, It refers to the knowledge, abilities, and competencies that students should acquire during their academic careers.
TEACHING PROGRAM
A teaching program is a shared plan created by an institution or a ministry of education that specifies how each topic should be learned. A teaching program describes how the curriculum is applied during the academic year. It also contains the timetable, including where and when teaching takes place.
What is curriculum?
SYLLABUS
A syllabus, is an outline and summary of topics to be covered in an education or training course. A syllabus usually contains specific information about the course, such as information on how, where and when to contact the lecturer and teaching assistants; an outline of what will be covered in the course; a schedule of test dates and the due dates for assignments; the grading policy for the course; specific classroom rules; etc.
CURRİCULUM GOALS
Curricular goals are broad, general statements of what the department/program will do to provide students with desired knowledge and skills, and what students will do so that they gain desired knowledge and skills. Curricular goals are not the same thing as the actual knowledge or skills; those are "learning outcomes".
Example: students will learn to respect and get along with people of different cultures
OBJECTIVES
Objectives are brief statements that describe what students will be expected to learn by the end of school year, course, unit, lesson, project, or class period.
Example: By the end of the reading lesson, students will be able to identify the rising action, climax, and falling action on a plot diagram.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning outcomes are the statements describe what knowledge, skills and values learners should have acquired by the end of a unit of instruction. The learning outcomes should be written down before the start of the lesson. Learning outcomes are important for planning instruction, because they provide many advantages.
Example:
Students will identify, formulate and solve integrative chemistry problems.
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