Explain with examples three

types of curriculum namely

planned, enacted and hidden
curriculum
Planned Curriculum
Definition:
refers to documents that shape the content to be covered when
teaching.
These documents arise out of policy environments and reflect what is
deemed required or necessary for students to learn at specific levels of
education or educational settings.
Examples:
• A. Lesson Plan
• B. Text book
• C. Weekly Scheme of Work
• D. Early Scheme of Work
 Enacted Curriculum
• Definition: the content actually delivered during instruction

Methods by which content

• is delivered
Instructional practice
“How content is taught’

Enacted Curriculum
When the enacted pupils
are exposed to and
Instructional content expected to acquire
“ what” is actually taught
Hidden curriculum
• Definition: unwritten, unofficial, and often unintended lessons,
values, and perspectives that students learn in school

• lessons that are taught informally, and usually unintentionally, in a

school system. These include behaviours, perspectives, and attitudes

• Ex:a. instilling moral values during lesson

• b. shaping behaviour