The children carried out the project as part of the school curriculum.
the National Curriculum (=the curriculum set by the government for schools in England and Wales)
the primary/secondary/high school etc curriculum (=for particular ages at school)
the undergraduate curriculum (=for a first degree at university or college)
the science/maths/history etc curriculum
The English curriculum is divided into Language and Literature.
a core/common curriculum (=the subjects that everyone must study because they are considered very important)
There has been a lot of debate on the content of the core curriculum.
an academic curriculum (=involving studying from books, not practical subjects)
They unquestioningly accept the traditional academic curriculum.
a broad/broad-based/wide curriculum (=involving a wide range of different types of subjects)
The school provides a broad curriculum with a rich choice of learning opportunities.
balanced (=with a mix of academic and practical subjects)
We want to ensure a balanced curriculum for all pupils.
narrow (=not broad enough)
Many teachers complained that the new curriculum was too narrow.
verbs
plan/develop/design a curriculum
Fifty academics have been involved in developing the new school curriculum.
follow a curriculum (=study the subjects that are in a curriculum)
Five-year-olds now follow the National Curriculum.
Examples from the Corpus
curriculum• Are politicians the best people to be developing the educationalcurriculum?• The next issue is closely related to the value issues involved in curriculumreview.• Why will the social sciences not figure more largely in the new curriculum for the 21st century?• changes to the school curriculum• That fact alone should have indicated something to parents about the curriculum in that school.• We cover the curriculum by choosing things the kids will be interested in.• The domination of the curriculum by subjects classically defined was, indeed, the most obviousfeature of the grammar-school curriculum.• On the other hand, one of the curriculumguides may represent the ideas that are especially important to me.• Fieldwork is an integral part of the curriculum and may include a foreignfield course in third year.• If education is about anything, it is surely about what is taught: the curriculum.• The curriculum includes art and music classes.• The curriculum includes an eight-week work-based experience.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + CURRICULUM | CURRICULUM + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤broad, broadly based, wide學科範圍廣泛的課程▸➤narrow學科範圍狹窄的課程◇Teachers feel that the present curriculum is too narrow.教師們感覺現在的課程設置學科範圍過窄。➤core核心課程◇Students choose from optional subjects in addition to the core curriculum.除了核心課程外,學生們還選擇選修課。➤national, official國家統一/正式課程▸➤mainstream主流課程◇His disability does not prevent him from following the mainstream curriculum.他的殘疾並沒有阻止他學習主流課程。➤standard標準課程➤traditional傳統課程▸➤academic, educational學術/教育課程➤college, school, university大學課程;學校課程▸➤primary, secondary (both especially BrE) 小學/中學課程➤elementary-school, high-school, middle-school (all in the US) 小學/高中/初中課程▸➤undergraduate本科生課程➤course課程設置▸➤English, geography, mathematics, etc.英語、地理、數學等課程➤comprehensive, rigorous (both NAmE) 綜合性的/嚴格的課程▸➤hidden無形課程◇Children learn many of their attitudes to life from the hidden curriculum at school.孩子們從學校的無形課程中學到了許多對待生活的態度。VERB + CURRICULUM➤create, design, develop, plan創建/設計/開發/規劃課程▸➤broaden擴大課程範圍➤change, revise改變/修改課程➤implement實施課程▸➤introduce sth into把⋯引進課程◇Chinese has been introduced into the curriculum as an option.漢語已作為一門選修課加入到所開設課程中。➤teach教授課程▸➤follow遵照課程計劃➤offer提供課程CURRICULUM + NOUN➤content, subjects課程內容/科目➤area課程門類▸➤materials課程材料▸➤design, development, planning課程設計/開發/規劃▸➤aims, objectives課程目標▸➤change, reform, review課程變化/改革/評估➤committee (NAmE) 課程委員會➤guide, specialist (both NAmE) 課程指導人/專家PREPOSITION➤across the curriculum在課程的所有科目中◇Students use computers across the curriculum (= in all or most subjects).學生在課程的各個科目中都使用計算機。➤in a/the curriculum (NAmE) , on a/the curriculum (BrE) 在課程中◇Spanish is in the curriculum.課程中有西班牙語。◇They all have to study French because it's on the curriculum.因為法語已納入課程規劃,所以他們都必須學。➤within a/the curriculum在課程範圍內◇the balance of subjects within the curriculum課程規劃內各科目的平衡PHRASES➤areas of the curriculum課程門類◇We cover all areas of the curriculum.我們覆蓋了所有課程門類。