Includes bibliographical references.

The curriculum: meaning, nature and criteria: Definition of curriculum -- Criteria of a good curriculum -- Criteria for selecting curriculum content: Philosophy and the curriculum: Necessity of philosophy of education -- Three phases of curriculum construction -- Value of curriculum: The curriculum: some psychological, social and historical bases: Foundations of the curriculum -- Recent trends in curriculum development -- Influences from psychology -- Social foundations of the curriculum -- Education as a social activity -- Historical foundations of the curriculum: Philosophical foundations of curriculum; Educational Philosophies -- Forerunners of modern educational philosophy: Instructional principle and the curriculum: Some basic principles in the classroom: Physical environment of the classroom -- Cultural and psychological -- The communication process: Basic institutional concepts -- Dimension of teacher credibility -- Flanders interaction analysis: Curriculum development and educational objectives: Educational aims and objectives -- Genesis of educational objectives -- Selecting objectives -- Evaluating the achievement of objectives -- Curriculum development and education goals -- Objectives of education in the autonomous region in Muslim -- Objectives by level of education: Approaches to curriculum design.