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Meaning of "curriculum" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CURRICULUM

From Latin: course, from currere to run.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CURRICULUM

curriculum  [kəˈrɪkjʊləm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CURRICULUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Curriculum is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CURRICULUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

curriculum

Curriculum

In formal education, a curriculum is the planned interaction of pupils with instructional content, materials, resources, and processes for evaluating the attainment of educational objectives. This process includes the use of literacies and datagogies that are interwoven through the use of digital media and/or texts that address the complexities of learning. Other definitions combine various elements to describe curriculum as follows: ▪ All the learning which is planned and guided by the school, whether it is carried on in groups or individually, inside or outside the school. ▪ Outlines the skills, performances, attitudes, and values pupils are expected to learn from schooling. It includes statements of desired pupil outcomes, descriptions of materials, and the planned sequence that will be used to help pupils attain the outcomes. ▪ The total learning experience provided by a school. It includes the content of courses, the methods employed, and other aspects, like norms and values, which relate to the way the school is organized. ▪ The aggregate of courses of study given in a learning environment.

Definition of curriculum in the English dictionary

The first definition of curriculum in the dictionary is a course of study in one subject at a school or college. Other definition of curriculum is a list of all the courses of study offered by a school or college. Curriculum is also any programme or plan of activities.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CURRICULUM


aciculum
əˈsɪkjʊləm
baculum
ˈbækjʊləm
corniculum
kɔːˈnɪkjʊləm
cubiculum
kjuːˈbɪkjʊləm
diverticulum
ˌdaɪvəˈtɪkjʊləm
hibernaculum
ˌhaɪbəˈnækjʊləm
inoculum
ɪˈnɒkjʊləm
Janiculum
dʒəˈnɪkjʊləm
operculum
əʊˈpɜːkjʊləm
osculum
ˈɒskjʊləm
reticulum
rɪˈtɪkjʊləm
retinaculum
ˌrɛtɪˈnækjʊləm
saeculum
ˈsaɪkjʊləm
seculum
ˈsɛkjʊləm
speculum
ˈspɛkjʊləm
spiculum
ˈspɪkjʊləm
tenaculum
tɪˈnækjʊləm
tuberculum
tjʊˈbɜːkjʊləm
Tusculum
ˈtʌskjʊləm
vinculum
ˈvɪŋkjʊləm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CURRICULUM

current yield
current-account
current-cost accounting
currently
currentness
curricle
curricula
curricula vitae
curricular
curriculum coordinator
curriculum council
curriculum vitae
curried
currier
currieries
curriery
curries
currish
currishly
currishness

WORDS THAT END LIKE CURRICULUM

acetabulum
alternative curriculum
animalculum
Basic Curriculum
core curriculum
endoplasmic reticulum
frenulum
furculum
infundibulum
National Curriculum
pendulum
receptaculum
suboperculum
supernaculum
sustentaculum
tentaculum
umbraculum
vasculum
vestibulum
vibraculum

Synonyms and antonyms of curriculum in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «curriculum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CURRICULUM

Find out the translation of curriculum to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of curriculum from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «curriculum» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

课程
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

plan de estudios
570 millions of speakers

English

curriculum
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पाठ्यक्रम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مِنْهَج دِرَاسِيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

учебный план
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

currículo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাঠ্যক্রম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

programme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kurikulum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lehrplan
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カリキュラム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

교육과정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kurikulum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chương trình học
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாடத்திட்டத்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अभ्यासक्रम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

müfredat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

curriculum
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

program nauczania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

навчальна програма
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

curriculum
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρόγραμμα μαθημάτων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kurrikulum
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

läroplan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

læreplan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of curriculum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CURRICULUM»

The term «curriculum» is very widely used and occupies the 7.607 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CURRICULUM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about curriculum

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10 QUOTES WITH «CURRICULUM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word curriculum.
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Dan Ariely
In terms of the actual curriculum for management education, my own view is very simple-minded: The world is incredibly complex, it changes all the time, and we should not even hope that we could create a general model that accurately describes the world in all its possible states.
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Adam Braun
There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.
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George H. W. Bush
Many schools include a service project as part of their curriculum, and many corporations have in-house projects for their employees or give them time off to do volunteer work.
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Kelsey Chow
I definitely want to study global health. Right now I'm working on all the prerequisite core curriculum that Columbia has. So getting all of that out of the way. And I definitely want to pursue something along the lines of public health.
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James S. Coleman
It is one thing to take as a given that approximately 70 percent of an entering high school freshman class will not attend college, but to assign a particular child to a curriculum designed for that 70 percent closes off for that child the opportunity to attend college.
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Carol Ann Duffy
I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new way.
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John Dykstra
Because I come from that old-school optics environment, I know stuff about depth of field and camera movement and things that are not necessarily a part of the curriculum for people who started on a box and have never done anything that wasn't on a box.
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James Dyson
I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths - grounding abstract theory, merging the practical with the academic.
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Jerome Isaac Friedman
As I very much liked to draw and paint as a child, I entered a special art program in high school, which was very much like being in an art school imbedded in a regular high school curriculum.
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Maggie Gallagher
Charter schools are public schools that operate, to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum and resources. They also have less money than public schools.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CURRICULUM»

Discover the use of curriculum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to curriculum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Curriculum: From Theory to Practice
Curriculum introduces readers to curriculum theory and practice. Wesley Null provides a unique organization of the curriculum field into five traditions: systematic, existential, radical, pragmatic, and deliberative.
Wesley Null, 2011
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Curriculum: Construction and Critique
Examines the ways in which a curriculum is developed, through compromises between differing points of view on the nature and purpose of education.
Alistair Ross, 2000
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Early Childhood Curriculum: Planning, Assessment, and ...
"In most countries, some form of curriculum has been designed by a government agency or the private sector.
Claire McLachlan, Marilyn Fleer, Susan Edwards, 2013
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Curriculum and Pedagogy in Inclusive Education: Values Into ...
Contributors describe practical solutions to the challenges of developing genuinely inclusive curricula. They draw on examples from around the world to illustrate & highlight principles applicable for all learners.
Melanie Nind, Jonathan Rix, Kieron Sheehy, 2005
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Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction
The four sections of the book deal with ways of formulating, organizing, and evaluating the educational objectives that have been chosen for the curriculum.
Ralph W. Tyler, 2010
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Curriculum: Toward New Identities
His lost realm will be regained, and his shattered dream of an ideal world will, at last, be realized. This collection of original essays explores the issue of return in the modern Arthurian legend.
William Pinar, 1998
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CMSA Core Curriculum for Case Management
This text contains the core body of knowledge for case management practice as delineated by the Case Management Society of America (CMSA), the largest professional organization of case managers.
‎2008
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The Struggle for the American Curriculum, 1893-1958
Examining the struggle for the American curriculum, this book covers topics such as curriculum ferment in the 1890s; the curriculum of the Dewey school; scientific curriculum-making; subject re-alignment and vocationalism; and the Great ...
Herbert M. Kliebard, 2004
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Curriculum Development in the Postmodern Era
This landmark text was one of the first to introduce and analyze contemporary concepts of curriculum that emerged from the Reconceptualization of curriculum studies in the 1970s and 1980s.
Patrick Slattery, 2006
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Ideology, Curriculum, and the New Sociology of Education: ...
Provides a systematic evaluation of the work of Michael Apple, one of the most influential, critical education sociologists in the US. Taking in a range of disciplines and topics, these essays form a rigorous review of the development of ...
Lois Weis, Cameron McCarthy, Greg Dimitriadis, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CURRICULUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term curriculum is used in the context of the following news items.
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Arizona's recent legal chaos regarding school curriculum for ethnic …
A trial to decide whether the ban on Mexican-American studies curriculum in Tucson's public schools intentionally discriminates against ... «Benchmark Reporter, Jul 15»
2
Los Angeles students to get sext education under new curriculum
Jeff Temple, a Texas professor who has co-authored a sexting study, says he hopes the curriculum gives facts without exaggerating the risks of ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
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Ambode Stresses Need for Constant Review of School Curriculum
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, over the weekend in Ikoyi, stressed the need for constant review of the educational curriculum ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Sex ed curriculum inadequate and should be withdrawn
The curriculum is misleading about HIV (the human immunodeficiency virus), saying "with treatment, the damage that HIV does to the body's ... «Waterloo Record, Jul 15»
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Phenix City Board of Education hires elementary curriculum director …
In a called meeting Tuesday, the Phenix City Board of Education hired an elementary curriculum director without disclosing the person's name ... «Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Jul 15»
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Learning to love animals will soon be part of Kerala school curriculum
School children across Kerala will soon receive a daily lesson to ensure a future in which animals, the environment they live in and human ... «YourStory.com, Jul 15»
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Farming is part of the curriculum in Montville
As the seventh-grade science teacher, Myers teaches students organic and sustainable farming techniques in one of the court yard areas of the ... «NorthJersey.com, Jul 15»
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'Incorporate character formation in curriculum'
... underscored the need for the incorporation of character formation lessons into the educational curriculum of basic and secondary schools. «Graphic Online, Jul 15»
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New history books in Texas downplay slavery's role in Civil War …
The new curriculum will exclude mention of the Ku Klux Klan ‒ a white supremacist organization that has used terror tactics against ... «RT, Jul 15»
10
Grandmother Sounds Off on Gender Identity Curriculum
School board members in Fairfax County, Virginia, have outraged some parents in their district after they voted to include lessons on gender ... «Christian Broadcasting Network, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Curriculum [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/curriculum>. May 2024 ».
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