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teacher-centered curriculum  

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  • Teacher-centered curriculum refers to a body of assumptions about the purposes of education, beliefs about knowledge, learners, and learning observable in teacher behaviors and classroom practices. Teacher-centered curriculum embraces an orientation toward education as a venue for socializing students toward enacting their roles in society through mastery of particular skills and traditional values. [Source: Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies; Teacher-Centered Curriculum]

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