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Curricula

[kuh-rik-yuh-luhm]

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noun, plural -la

[-luh] , -lums.

the aggregate of courses of study given in a school, college, university, etc.: The school is adding more science courses to its curriculum.

the regular or a particular course of study in a school, college, etc.

Origin:
1625–35; < Latin: action of running, course of action, race, chariot, equivalent to curr(ere) to run + -i- -i- + -culum -cule²

Related forms

cur·ric·u·lar, adjective

pre·cur·ric·u·lar, adjective

pre·cur·ric·u·lum, noun, plural -lums, -la.

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Her achievements included establishing curricula and training faculty in parent education at leading schools of nursing.

The curricula for music and other areas of the fine arts, more often than not, begin in the freshman year.

The local independent school district has full control over teachers and curricula.

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Her achievements included establishing curricula and training faculty in parent education at leading schools of nursing.

The curricula for music and other areas of the fine arts, more often than not, begin in the freshman year.

The local independent school district has full control over teachers and curricula.

Contemporary curricula strongly emphasize the study of tropical rain forests.

With computers using spintronics, maybe it's time to upgrade the curricula as well.

Students learn better when challenged to find the answers themselves, say creators of a technology-rich science curricula.

Other developed countries offer adolescents a choice of curricula.

Letters of interest and curricula vitae will be submitted through the on-line process.

Most expect to make good money and burnish their curricula vitae.

Contemporary curricula strongly emphasize the study of tropical rainforests.

And for better or worse, this means that he doesn't have a consistent, comprehensive plan for overhauling school curricula.

Develops curricula and course materials and coordinates faculty recruitment and involvement.

In their own ways, each pre-college program looks to replicate art-school curricula.

Case studies also now frequently appear in the curricula of law, medical, and education schools.

They have also complained that teachers regularly introduce new and difficult curricula in major subjects around the holidays.

American high schools' core curricula insufficiently.

Nevertheless, if anybody out there is listening there are certain improvements to curricula that would be a benefit to everyone.

ID is playing a central role in biology curricula and textbook controversies around the country.

Other countries are digitizing their curricula on a national scale.

Fadel enumerated have long been embedded into the curricula of universities and asked whether the failure to impart them to.

It is the standard argument by those who have suffered through teacher education curricula to become certified.

It may also be undervalued in progressive curricula that emphasize so-called elaborative methods, such as concept mapping.

The imbalance between research and teaching has led to curricula that are over.

Third-party vendors sell orientation sessions, curricula for first-year-experience courses, training and support for.

States give general guidance to curricula but local school boards are in charge of details.

It is one of the many germane items that have yet to make it into the continuing medical education curricula.

Face-to-face and online curricula will also be developed for entrepreneurs working in developing countries.

There's also no reason why business curricula cannot be more academically.

Some states, cities, and schools tried to align their curricula to the report's recommendations.

The goal was to develop techniques and curricula for poor women in the region.

Students and non-students alike should be exposed to curricula that emphasises greater methodology first over content.

There's a bit more to business curricula than double entry bookkeeping and keyboarding.

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Word Origin & History

curriculum

1824, modern coinage from L. curriculum "a running, course, career," from currere (see current). Used in English as a Latin word since 1630s at Scottish universities.

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"It makes little sense to spend a month teaching decimal fractions to fourth-grade pupils when they can be taught in a week, and better understood and retained, by sixth-grade students. Child-centeredness does not mean lack of rigor or standards; it does mean finding the best match between curricula and children's developing interests and abilities."

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