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formal curriculum  

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  • The formal curriculum is designed as a framework for instructional planning that outlines broad goals and strategies to reach them. The foundations of the formal curriculum are based on publicly valued intellectual, social, cultural, political, and economic funds of knowledge. [Source: Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies; Formal Curriculum]

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