JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

Abstract

The curriculum represents the expression of educational ideas in practice. The word curricu-lum has its roots in the Latin word for track or race course. A curriculum is defined more broadly than syllabus or course of study as it covers more than content to be studied. As early as in 1949, Ralph Tyler published the core principles on curriculum development that was organized around four ques-tions, which forms the basis of curriculum develop-ment even today:
1. Defining goals - What educational purposes should the school seek to attain?
2. Establishing corresponding learning experiences - How can learning experiences that are likely to be useful in attaining these objectives be selected?
3. Organizing learning experiences to have a cumu-lative effect - How can learning experiences be or-ganized for effective instruction?
4. Evaluating outcomes - How can the effectiveness of learning experiences be evaluated?