CURRICULUM STUDIES TOPIC 1

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CURRICULUM,

SYLLABUS, COURSE AND PROGRAMME

GROUP 3
Noorul Husna
Noramaliah
Nur Syahirah
Nuramirah Diyana

CURRICULUM
CONTENT

CURRICULUM

Meaning

Curriculum is the overall

content, taught in an
educational system or a
course.

Origin

Curriculum is a Latin term.

Set for

A course

Nature

Prescriptive

Scope

Wide

Set out by

Government or the
administration of school,
college or institute.

Term

Till the course lasts.

Uniformity

Same for all teachers.

SYLLABUS
The syllabus is
defined as the
documents that
consist of topics
or portion covered
in a particular
subject.

A syllabus is
considered as a
guide to the
incharge as well
as to the students.

It helps the
students to know
about the
subject in detail.

It contains general
rules, policies,
instructions, topics
covered,
assignments,
projects, test
dates, and so on.

The teachers
provide the
syllabus to the
students so that
they can take an
interest in the
subject.

COURSE
Acourseis a unit of teaching
that typically lasts
oneacademic term.
It is led by one or more instructors
(teachers), and has a fixed roster
ofstudents.
It is usually an individual subject.

Students may
receive
agradeand
academiccreditaf
ter completion of
the course.

A course also
defined as a set of
classes or a plan of
study on a
particular subject,
usually leading to
an exam or
qualification.

PROGRAMME
A

program written by the

institution or ministry of education
which determines the learning
progress of each subject in all the
stages of formal education.
Some schools use a different
educational program written by
another source which uses different
learning progress.

Educational

Program in Malaysia

It is divided into preschool education,

primary education, secondary
education, post-secondary education
and tertiary education.
Multilingual public school system
(provide free education for all
Malaysians)
Private schools
Homeschooling