1. CURRICULUM &
MATERIAL
DEVELOPMENT
BY: NURHAYATI, M.Pd.
UHAMKA 2011

2. The first meeting
 1. What is curriculum?
 2. What is syllabus?
 3. The difference between curriculum and
syllabus

3. 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.

4. “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)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. 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.

8. The The
The practical
theoretical productive
syllabus process product
praxis

9. Model of curriculum design
1. learners’ present level of
competence
2. Course objective
3. Reason for studying English and A. Language and procedures to be
long term learning aims covered by the course (1,2,3)
4. Resource limitation that affect B. Emphasis on particular skills
(1,2,3,4)
classroom activity
C. Methodology to be used; type and
5. Social cultural factors and sequencing of activities (4,5,6)
learning habits of relevance to
English teaching D. Themes for course materials and
6. Learners’ age group, present life texts: choice of suitable text book
style and interest
7. Aspect of target culture that will
interest learners and can be exploited
in materials

10. 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.”

11. 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

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

13.  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.

14. 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)

15. The difference between
curriculum and syllabus
Curriculum Syllabus
 Curriculum is for a  Syllabus is for a subject.
course.  Syllabus is the subset of
 Curriculum is the the curriculum.
superset.  Syllabus is the concepts
 Curriculum is a to be taught.
consideration of the
objectives, the contents,
methods chosen to
achieve the objective.

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

17. Sources
1. James Dean Brown, The Element of
Language Curriculum, Heinle & Heinle
Publishers, 1995
2. I.S.P. Nation & John Macalister, Language
Curriculum Design, Taylor and Francis, 2010
3. Jeremy Harmer, The practice of English
Language Teaching, Pearson Education
Limited, 2007
4. Penny Ur, A Course in Language Teaching,
Cambridge University Press, 1996