Curriculum as process and practices
CURRICULUM PROCESSES curriculum processes are the procedures involved in creating, using, and evaluating the curricula represented in various documents or products such as guides, syllabi, and others. This section briefly defines these terms. Curriculum processes is a collective term that encompasses all of the considera tions about which curriculum workers ponder and ultimately use to make choices in the development and evaluation of a curriculum project. These processes involve changes that some students, teachers, school staff, and community mem bers welcome, but that others resist either actively or passively. Curriculum designs are based on the primary sources of curriculum content (i.e., subject matter, needs of society-culture, or needs and interests of learners) that make possible the realization of a particular purpose of education. These purposes typically emphasize cultivating cognitive achievement (also known ...