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Eman awad el-sawy

1-What is the definition of curriculum ??• Curriculum is not a course, is not a syllabus.• Its the subjects comprising a course of study in

a school or college.• Curriculum refers to the means and materials

with which students will interact for the purpose of achieving identified educational outcomes.

(http://www.education.com/reference/article/curriculum-definition/)2

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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 units and lessons that teachers teach; the assignments and projects given to students; the books, materials, videos, presentations, and readings used in a course; and the tests, assessments, and other methods used to evaluate student learning

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Past / traditional definition:It focused on the transmitting of knowledge to the learner.The teacher makes the students memorize knowledge.It focused on the cognitive domain.

Modern definition:It is all the learning experiences presented to the learners or they can find it themselves whether inside or outside for the purpose of developing the three domains:

1-cognitive2- affective3- psychomotor

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2- What is the definition of curriculum mapping?

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•Curriculum mapping is the process indexing or diagraming a curriculum to identify and address academic gaps, redundancies, and misalignments for purposes of improving the overall coherence of a course of study and, by extension, its effectiveness (a curriculum, in the sense that the term is typically used by educators, encompasses everything that teachers teach to students in a school or course, including the instructional materials and techniques they use).

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3- What are the components of a curriculum map ??

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION

ASSESMENT

CONTENT

SKILLS

STANDARDS

RESOURCES

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4- what is the importance of curriculum map ???

- What are the benefits of- curriculum mapping??

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• allows educators to review the curriculum to check for unnecessary redundancies, inconsistencies, misalignments, weaknesses, and gaps; documents the relationships between the required components of the curriculum and the intended student learning outcomes; helps identify opportunities for integration among disciplines; provides a review of assessment methods; and identifies what students have learned, allowing educators to focus on building on previous knowledge. • See more at:

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/virtualwkshp/curriculum_mapping.shtml#sthash.THctw7NP.dpuf

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