The selection of curriculum content for training is based on an analysis of the specific functions to be performed and the specific situation in which they are to be performed. 2.334 The selection of curriculum content for education is based on its having the widest possible significance and greatest possible explanatory power. The selection of some curriculum items necessitates the selection of related items. A set of closely related items is a curriculum cluster. 2.342 A curriculum cluster may consist of one type or mixed types of curriculum items.
Structure is an essential characteristic of curriculum.
3.1 Curriculum structure reveals orderings that are mandatory for instruction. The ordering of some curriculum items is indifferent. The ordering of some curriculum clusters determines the gross ordering of constituent items, but not their internal order. Some curriculum clusters are ordered internally. Curriculum guides instruction.