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EDU 221 Curriculum Studies I

200 levelEducation7 topics

EDU 221 covers 7 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Meaning and scope of curriculum
  2. Basic curriculum concepts; the curriculum as a teaching plan
  3. Types of curriculum by design (core, broad-fields and subject curriculum)
  4. Formal and informal/hidden curriculum
  5. Teacher-centred and learner-centred curriculum
  6. History of curriculum development in Nigeria
  7. Agencies of curriculum development (NERDC, WAEC, NECO, NUC, NCCE, NBTE)

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Meaning and scope of curriculum

The meaning and scope of curriculum focus on what curriculum is, what it includes, and the boundaries of curriculum study in education. For examinations, you must master both the narrow and broad views of curriculum, because many questions test whether you can distinguish curriculum from syllabus, subject content, and all planned learning experiences.

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