Chapter 11 (The Schools Curriculum)

There is a variety of definitions of curriculum, and no single one is generally accepted. Definitions of surrisulum and instrustion often overlap, and in some cases curriculum subsumes instrustion. Experts use four aspects of curriculum to describe how schools help students acquire these different abilities, attitudes, and values: The explicit curriculum, The implicit, or "hidden" curriculum, The null curriculum, The extracurculum. The forces that influence the curriculum deal with standards and accountability, the federal goverenment, textbooks, philosophy and teacher perfessionalism.