Researchers (Morris & Hamm, 1976; Ellis, 2004; Beauchamp, 1982) assert in their research that although the literature on curriculum theory provides definitions that are inconsistent, school districts and researchers who have even those interested in the curriculum reach a certain consensus on its definition. In this regard, our initial research question arises from examining whether the definition of curriculum in the Oxford English Dictionary is sufficient to provide a detailed justification for the term or whether it only scratches the surface. surface of an age-old debate over why such controversy centers on the divergence in the meaning of curriculum theory? Having a Latin origin equal to that of a course or career, Ellis (2004) records the Oxford English Dictionary's definition of course of study as "a course: more precisely, a regular program of study or training, such as in a school or university” (p..

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