CURRICULUM &

MATERIAL
DEVELOPMENT
BY: NURHAYATI, M.Pd.
UHAMKA 2011

The first meeting

1. What is curriculum?

2. What is syllabus?

3. The difference between curriculum

and syllabus

What is curriculum?

A curriculum is the set of courses, course

work, and content offered at a school or
university.
A curriculum is a focus of study, consisting
of various courses all designed to reach a
particular proficiency or qualification.
A curriculum may also refer to a defined
and prescribed course of studies, which
students must fulfill in order to pass a
certain level of education.

Curriculum is a very general concept

which involves consideration of the
whole complex of philosophical, social
and administrative factors which
contribute to the planning of an
educational program. (Nunan, 2000: 6)

Curriculum can be defined, as an

educational program which states:

The educational purpose of the program

(the ends)
The content teaching procedures and
learning experience which will be
necessary to achieve this purpose (the
means)
Some means for assessing whether or not
the educational ends have been achieved.
( Richards, Platt and Platt 1993: 94)

Kerr defines curriculum as, 'All the

learning which is planned and guided by
the school, whether it is carried on in
groups or individually, inside or outside
the school. (quoted in Kelly 1983: 10;
see also, Kelly 1999)

Four ways of approaching

curriculum theory and practice

Curriculum as a body of knowledge to be

transmitted.
Curriculum as an attempt to achieve
certain ends in students - product.
Curriculum as process.
Curriculum as praxis.

The
theoretical

The practical

syllabus

process

praxis

The
productive

product

Model of curriculum design

1. learners present level of
competence
2. Course objective

3. Reason for studying

English and long term
learning aims

4. Resource limitation that

affect classroom activity

5. Social cultural factors and

learning habits of relevance
to English teaching
6. Learners age group,
present life style and interest

7. Aspect of target culture

that will interest learners and
can be exploited in materials

A. Language and procedures

to be covered by the course
(1,2,3)
B. Emphasis on particular
skills (1,2,3,4)
C. Methodology to be used;
type and sequencing of
activities (4,5,6)
D. Themes for course
materials and texts: choice of
suitable text book

National curriculum

Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor

20 Tahun 2003 tentang Sistem Pendidikan
Nasional.
Kurikulum adalah seperangkat rencana
dan pengaturan mengenai tujuan, isi dan
bahan pelajaran serta cara yang digunakan
sebagai
pedoman
penyelenggaraan
kegiatan pembelajaran untuk mencapai
tujuan pendidikan tertentu.

KTSP

Standar Isi
SI mencakup lingkup materi dan tingkat
kompetensi untuk mencapai kompetensi lulusan
pada jenjang dan jenis pendidikan tertentu.
Termasuk dalam SI adalah : kerangka dasar dan
struktur kurikulum, Standar Kompetensi (SK) dan
Kompetensi Dasar (KD) setiap mata pelajaran
pada setiap semester dari setiap jenis dan jenjang
pendidikan dasar dan menengah. SI ditetapkan
dengan Kepmendiknas No. 22 Tahun 2006.

Standar Kompetensi Lulusan

SKL merupakan kualifikasi kemampuan
lulusan yang mencakup sikap,
pengetahuan dan keterampilan
sebagaimana yang ditetapkan dengan
Kepmendiknas No. 23 Tahun 2006.

Tujuan Panduan Penyusunan KTSP ini

untuk menjadi acuan bagi satuan
pendidikan SD/MI/SDLB, SMP/MTs/SMPLB,
SMA/MA/SMALB, dan SMK/MAK dalam
penyusunan dan pengembangan
kurikulum yang akan dilaksanakan pada
tingkat satuan pendidikan yang
bersangkutan.

What is syllabus?

A syllabus is simply an outline and time

line of a particular course. It will typically
give a brief overview of the course
objectives, course expectations, list
reading assignments, homework
deadlines, and exam dates.
A syllabus is a document which consist,
essentially, of list. This list specifies all
the things that are to be taught in the
course. ( Penny Ur, 1998)

The difference between

curriculum and syllabus
Curriculum

Curriculum is for a
course.
Curriculum is the
superset.
Curriculum is a
consideration of the
objectives, the contents,
methods chosen to
achieve the objective.

Syllabus

Syllabus is for a
subject.
Syllabus is the subset
of the curriculum.
Syllabus is the
concepts to be
taught.

Assignment
make your own syllabus for teaching in
an English course.

Sources
1.

2.

3.

4.

James Dean Brown, The Element of

Language Curriculum, Heinle & Heinle
Publishers, 1995
I.S.P. Nation & John Macalister, Language
Curriculum Design, Taylor and Francis, 2010
Jeremy Harmer, The practice of English
Language Teaching, Pearson Education
Limited, 2007
Penny Ur, A Course in Language Teaching,
Cambridge University Press, 1996