Definition Of curriculum

The term curriculum refers to the lessons and academic content thaught in a school or in a specific course or program. In dictionaries, curriculum is often defined as the courses offered by school, but it is rarely used in such a general sense in schools. Curriculum typically refers to the knowledge and skills students are expected to learn, which includes  the learning standards or learning objectives they are expected to meet,

- the unit ad the lessons that teachers teach,

- the assignments and projects given to student,

- the book, material, videos, presentations, and reading used in a course, and

- the test, assessments and others method used to evaluate student learning.

Curriculum is defined broadly to include four components : 

1. Goals : the expectations for teaching and learning often made explicit in the form of a scope and sequence of skills to be addressed.
2.  Methods : the specific instructional methods for the teacher, often described  in a teacher edition.
3. Materials : the media and tools that are used for teaching and learning.
4. Assessment : the reasons for and methods of measuring student progress.