“The intended curriculum is what is explicit, what is stated. It’s the tip of the iceberg that juts out from the water. But we know that the greater bulk of the iceberg is underneath and that, he calls the hidden curriculum.”
The hidden curriculum is what is not stated but nevertheless experienced by the students in their classroom. “The rest of the ocean is called the null curriculum – what is not taught, what is ignored.”
One way to think about the curriculum is to consider the following four questions posed by Ralph Tyler:
- What educational purposes should the school seek to attain?
- What learning experiences can likely attain these purposes?
- How can the learning experiences be organized?
- How can the effectiveness of the experiences be evaluated?
- Teacher: Nelcie Mabini