Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Are "curriculum" and "syllabus" the same? Give the definitions and examples.Some tasks are sometimes called curriculum and sometimes called syllabus

A syllabus is typically a schedule of curriculum for a given school term.  So on the first day of class, I hand out a syllabus, which talks about the expectations of the course, guidelines for grading, and a schedule for what material, assignments and tests will take place during the quarter.


A syllabus, then, includes curriculum, among other things.  Curriculum is the content of the course itself.  The chosen concepts and ideas, the core material you expect students to learn.  A syllabus also typically includes the materials such as books, articles, websites, etc. that a student is expected to use to learn the curriculum.

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