Education

Keywords; curriculum,   old concept, modern concept, main features of subject based curriculum, requirements for subject based curriculum, advantages of subject based curriculum, the subject based curriculum has the following disadvantages SUBJECT BASED CURRICULUM CURRICULUM: Encarta Dictionary defines “Curriculum” as: “The subjects taught at an educational institution or the elements   Taught in a particular subject”. The Oxford Advanced Learners’ Dictionary defines the word “Curriculum” as: “The Subjects included in a course of study or taught at a particular   School or college”. Chamber’s Twentieth Century Dictionary defines the word “Curriculum” as: “A course, specially the course of study at a University” These are very narrow definitions, because it uses the word “Curriculum” for only a certain number of subjects. A close look at just these definitions will reveal that the focus of our study of the curriculum would be different in eac