The Embedded Curriculum

As educators, we know there's a clear-cut distinction between curriculum and instruction. Curriculum is what we teach. Instruction is how we teach. Right? Wrong!

For many, the distinction between curriculum and instruction has been etched in stone. In teacher training courses across the nation, students take some courses in curriculum and other courses in instruction. Many schools and districts have two sets of experts. Some occupy positions called "curriculum specialists;" others are "directors of instruction." Outside consultants are hired to give either curriculum workshops (math, science, language arts, social studies) or workshops on instruction (how to use cooperative learning, how to align instruction with the latest in brain science, how to apply the elements of effective instruction). So on the one hand we have our curriculum to deliver. On the other hand we have instructional strategies which can help us make that content engaging. Curriculum on the one hand v. Instruction on the other.

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