curriculum
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
a set of rules or standards that schools must follow when teaching students.
a framework of learning standards and requirements established by a government or educational authority.
Simple“The government is introducing a new science curriculum to improve test scores.”
In context“The national curriculum was revised to place a greater emphasis on digital literacy and computational thinking across all primary key stages.”
UsageOften used with 'national' or 'state' to describe government-mandated education.
Synonyms
“She has been researching the Townsend family and those they enslaved for over 20 years and works with teachers to develop curriculums to share Liss’ story, using primary documents from her research.”
“Sudanese teachers have had to adjust to Chad’s curriculum while working across language differences.”
Borrowed from Latin curriculum (“course”), derived from currō (“run, move quickly”). Doublet of curricle.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.