The document discusses societal curriculum and how it can be incorporated into school education through intergenerational activities. It defines societal curriculum as the lifelong informal learning that occurs outside of schools through social influences. The document proposes that schools involve grandparents as sources of knowledge, experiences, and role models on various topics. Examples are provided, such as interviewing grandparents about their experiences in World War I and II. The goal is to improve interactions between students, teachers, families, and society through intergenerational activities that draw on grandparents' contributions.

1. BRIDGING THREE GENERATIONS:
TIMELESS GAMES AND TOYS
SOCIETAL CURRICULUM
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2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
1) WHAT IS CURRICULUM?
2) TYPES OF CURRICULUM
3) CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
4) WHAT IS SOCIETAL CURRICULUM?
5) WHAT SHALL WE DO?
6) CONCLUSION
7) Q&A
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3. WHAT IS CURRICULUM?
Definition 1: Curriculum is such “permanent” subjects as grammar, reading, logic,
rhetoric, mathematics, and the greatest books of the Western world that best
embody essential knowledge.
Definition 2: Curriculum is those subjects that are most useful for living in
contemporary society.
Definition 3: Curriculum is all planned learnings for which the school is responsible.
Definition 4: Curriculum is all the experiences learners have under the guidance of
the school.
Definition 5: Curriculum is the totality of learning experiences provided to students
so that they can attain general skills and knowledge at a variety of learning sites.
Definition 6: Curriculum is what the student constructs from working with the
computer and its various networks, such as the Internet.
MANY MANY MORE DEFINITIONS CAN BE LISTED!!!
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4. TYPES OF CURRICULUM
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Societal curriculum
Phantom curriculum
hidden or covert curriculum
null curriculum
SERIOUSLY?

5. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
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6. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
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THEN, TRY
THIS ONE

7. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
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WE ARE NOT
PROFESSIONALS!!!

8. WHAT IS SOCIETAL CURRICULUM?
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CARLOS E. CORTES
Professor Emeritus of
History at the University of
California, Riverside

9. DEFINITION OF «SOCIETAL CURRICULUM»
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Massive ongoing, informal curriculum of
family, peer groups, neighborhoods,
churches organizations, occupations, mass
media, and other social forces that
educate all of us throughout our lives
CARLOS E. CORTES

10. «SOCIETAL CURRICULUM»
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Schools are not education. They are only part of
education. In reality, two curriculums operate side
by side. In addition to the curriculum we receive
in school all of us receive a lifelong education
through the societal curriculum
CARLOS E. CORTES
Then, is everywhere a school?

11. DEFINITION OF «SOCIETAL CURRICULUM»
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Social Curriculum is a WAY of doing things. It is
NOT a new subject area.
It is a method for IMPROVING INTERACTION
between:
- Students and TEACHERS/ FAMILY/SOCIETY/

12. WHAT SHALL WE DO?
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WE WILL DO WHAT WE DO THE BEST;
PLAY&LEARN !!!
USE GRANDPARENTS AS «TEACHERS» (NOT
NECESSARILY AS «PROFESSIONALS»)
AS SOURCE OF «KNOWLEDGE» / «EXPERIENCE» /
«KNOW HOW» / VALUES / VIRTUES
FOR ANY POSSIBLE DISCIPLINE

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WHY GRANDPARENTS ?
- Family historians and the children learn about family's customs,
values, beliefs and attitudes.
- Story tellers (glue that keeps the family together and contributes to the
family identity)
- Mediators who help solving problems between the grandchild and parents.
- Link to the other worlds for the grandchild that he/she will never witness
personally.
- Playmates of the grandchildren.
- Mentors who share skills, talents, provide advice and listen to their
grandchildren.
- Role models who provide grandchildren with the examples of loyalty and
hard work.
- Confidante of the grandchildren for their secrets which they feel too big to
share with anyone else

14. WHAT SHALL WE DO?
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EACH GROUP;
1) THINK OF WHAT YOU TEACH (Values? Maths?
History? Social Sciences?)
2) ASSESS POSSIBILITY OF USING GRANDPARENTS
AS SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE/ ROLE
MODEL
3) HOW TO INVOLVE THEM IN SCHOOL LIFE?
(EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES? –EVENTS
4) WHAT ARE EXPECTED OUTCOMES?

15. WHAT SHALL WE DO?
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EXAMPLE:
SCHOOL SECTION: PRIMARY
NAME OF THE COURSE: HISTORY
CURRICULAR TOPIC: FIRST /SECOND WORLD WAR
INVOLVEMENT POSSIBILITY OF GPs: YES
TYPE OF INVOLVEMENT:
- Interviewing with them about their personal experience /
narrated experience of their parents/grandparents with war
- Asking to tell a story of himself/ his parents/ grandparents for
incidents happening in war time
EXPECTED OUTCOME
1) Student will understand the conditions of war time
2) Difficulties experienced in case of war

16. CONCLUSION
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- SCHOOLS ARE NOT EDUCATION
- EVERYDAY IS A SCHOOL DAY
- EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING IS A TEACHER
- SOCIETAL CURRICULUM IS NOT A NEW SUBJECT BUT A
WAY OF DOING THINGS
- WE ALREADY APPLY SOCIETAL CURRICULUM IN OUR
PROJECT/SCHOOLS
- GRANDPARENTS ARE PRECIOUS IN TERMS OF
SOURCING / FACILITATING SCHOOL EDUCATION

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Any Question?
Thanks for your
admirable patience!!!