Elaine P. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT A. BASIC CONCEPTS Curriculum A curriculum is a set of courses or a plan for a particular area of study. Curriculum Curriculum is an organized program of learning‚ usually segregated by subject area‚ composed of four main categories: content‚ instruction‚ assessment‚ and context. Curriculum content can be understood as the information and skills students should learn and eventually know by studying the material. The instruction of curriculum refers to the
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Curriculum Design George A. Beauchamp Chapter 7 ASCD Yearbook Fundamental Curriculum Decisions‚ 1984 People cannot intelligently discuss and communicate with others about curriculum without first making very clear what their interpretation of a curriculum is. In this chapter‚ we will be thinking of a curriculum as a written plan for the educational program of a school or schools. Curriculum design them will consist of those considerations haying to do with the contents‚ the form‚ and the arrangement
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The term ‘Curriculum’ is often incorrectly interpreted as just the intentional education agenda of a school. Curriculum comprises the totality of knowledge that is communicated to students during their experience at school. Knowledge and ideas which formulate the curriculum is delivered in schools through the implicit‚ hidden and null curriculum‚ (Churchill et al. 2011: 174-175). This essay will discuss how educators can provide an engaging curriculum that is equally advantageous to all students
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What Is Curriculum? by Jason C. Heard CIMA 0712 21975 Curriculum & Instruction Management Nova Southeastern University September 1‚ 2012 Defining curriculum can be a daunting task. John Portelli notes‚ “Those who look for the definition of curriculum are like a sincere but misguided centaur hunter‚ who even with a fully provisioned safari and a gun kept always at the ready‚ nonetheless will never require the
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CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT Assessment is an important part of our curriculum framework as it both enhances learning and provides opportunities for students to reflect on what they know‚ understand‚ and can do. It also provides the guidance‚ the tools and the incentive for the teachers and the students‚ as well as the curriculum makers‚ for them to become more competent‚ more skillful and better at understanding on how everybody will learn. INTENDED VS IMPLEMENTED VS ACHIEVED CURRICULUM INTENDED Curriculum
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ABSTRACT Prospective student teachers were required to choose a curriculum document from either the primary or secondary school sector for evaluation. They were required to conduct such an evaluation using the Daniel Stufflebeam’s CIPP (Context‚ Input‚ Process and Product) Model. The CIPP Model would be used to determine the usefulness of the curriculum in meeting the needs of the Trinidad and Tobago society. Based on possible weaknesses found in the document‚ prospective teachers were to
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Diagnostic Written Task: The National Curriculum According to Directgov (2012)‚ “the National Curriculum is a framework used by all the maintained schools to ensure that teaching and learning is balanced and consistent.” The National Curriculum is thought by many to be complex and unclear. However‚ it is at the heart of the education system in England. This is noted by Baumann et al (1997) and Kyriacou (2009) who document that the basis for the National Curriculum was established in the Education Reform
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A Portfolio demonstrating research into two particular curriculum models or approaches and a poster presentation analysing the advantages and disadvantages of these approaches making links with curriculum theory. (3‚250) This essay will demonstrate research into the National Curriculum and Steiner education and how they are implemented within schools‚ the importance within the structure of the school and personal development Including the benefits and drawbacks of each approach. as well as examining
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Integrated Curriculum Defining integrated curriculum has been a topic of discussion since the turn of the 20th century. Over the last hundred years‚ theorists offered three basic categories for interdisciplinary work; they defined the categories similarly‚ although the categories often had different names. Integration seemed to be a matter of degree and method. Integration: The unification of all subjects and experiences. There I have defined three approaches to integration a) Multidisciplinary
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Unit 4‚ #1 Curriculum mapping is a new‚ yet seemingly beneficial curriculum design to me. Both horizontal and vertical mapping are offered. Horizontal mapping represents the curriculum in grades K-12 in a particular grade throughout a school district. Vertical mapping is a curriculum map of all the horizontal maps in grades K-12. While looking at the Maine Learning results‚ I see plenty of evidence of vertical planning. For example‚ in geometry for grades K-2‚ students should be able
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