Editing Curriculum (section)

{{short description|Educational plan}}
{{Distinguish|Curriculum vitae}}
{{redirect|Core Curriculum|the specific curriculum used at [[Columbia University]]|Core Curriculum (Columbia College)}}
[[File:MMC MD Curriculum.png|thumb|A 52-week curriculum for a medical school, showing the courses for the different levels]]
In [[education]], a '''curriculum''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|r|ɪ|k|j|ʊ|l|ə|m}}; {{plural form}}: '''curriculums''' or '''curricula''' {{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|r|ɪ|k|j|ʊ|l|ə}}) is the totality of student experiences that occur in an educational process.{{sfn|Kelly|2009|p=13}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=Leading Curriculum Development|first=Jon |last=Wiles | year=2008|isbn=9781412961417| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rX--P1YUgI0C&pg=PA2 |page=2|publisher=Corwin Press }}</ref> The term often refers specifically to a planned sequence of instruction, or to a view of the student's experiences in terms of the educator's or school's instructional goals. A curriculum may incorporate the planned interaction of pupils with instructional content, materials, resources, and processes for evaluating the attainment of educational objectives.<ref name="adams">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/urbaneducationre0000adam|url-access=registration|title=Urban Education: A Reference Handbook|publisher=ABC-CLIO|first1=Kathy L.|last1=Adams|last2=Adams |first2=Dale E.|year=2003|isbn=9781576073629|pages=[https://archive.org/details/urbaneducationre0000adam/page/31 31]–32}}</ref> Curricula are split into several categories: the explicit, the implicit (including the hidden), the excluded, and the extracurricular.<ref name="Kelly, A. V. 2009 pp. 1–55">Kelly, A. V. (2009). The curriculum: Theory and practice (pp. 1–55). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.</ref><ref>Dewey, J. (1902). The Child and the Curriculum (pp. 1–31). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.</ref><ref name="Braslavsky, C. 2003">Braslavsky, C. (2003). The curriculum.</ref>

Curricula may be tightly standardized or may include a high level of instructor or learner autonomy.{{sfn|Adams|Adams|2003|pp=33–34}}  Many countries have national curricula in [[primary education|primary]] and [[secondary education]], such as the United Kingdom's [[National curriculum|National Curriculum]].

[[UNESCO]]'s [[International Bureau of Education]] has the primary mission of studying curricula and their implementation worldwide.