Curriculum is a complex educational concept that leads itself to many definitions – some narrow, some broad.

Some people use the word curriculum in different context for example when referring to the list of subjects in schools, when referring to topics, content or methods, when referring to syllabus i.e. mathematics curriculum, Geography curriculum, physics curriculum.

There are almost as many definitions of the curriculum as there are writers in the subject. The idea of curriculum is hardly new, but the way we understand and theorize it has changed over the years and there remains considerable dispute for the meaning (Smith, 1996, 2000).

In this Module you will learn  Curriculum theories and Curriculum Development .