The Research on the Connotation, Types, Reasons, and Enlightenment of Null Curriculum

Abstract

With respect to the students, society, and knowledge development, the null curriculum is defined as the curriculum which is need for students to learn and at the same time contribute to the overall and harmonious development of the society, but it has been overlooked in the process of curriculum development intentionally or unintentionally. Its main types including ideology class null curriculum, value orientation class null curriculum, and vulnerable groups’ class null curriculum. The formation of null curriculum is due to the ideological intervention, curriculum’s characteristics, and the limitation of the persons who developed the curriculum. The null curriculum provides beneficial reference and enlightenment for curriculum reform.