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Developing and Implementing the Curriculum. What, How, When, & for Whom?. Curriculum. Bring It ON!. Curricular Questions for P-12 Learning Experiences :. What planned learning experiences would you want for the students? What would you want students to learn outside/beyond the curriculum?
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Developing and Implementing the Curriculum What, How, When, & for Whom?
Curriculum Bring It ON!
Curricular Questions for P-12 Learning Experiences: • What planned learning experiences would you want for the students? • What would you want students to learn outside/beyond the curriculum? • What experiences would you want all students to have while at school?
A. No single, agreed-upon definition of curriculum; definitions include: • Course of study • Course content • Planned learning experiences • Intended learning outcomes –resultsof instruction rather thanmeans • All experiences students have while at school
B. Definition depends upon purposes and situation C. Authors’ definition of curriculum: • “the experiences both planned and unplanned, that enhance (and sometimes impede) the education and growth of students.”
D.Explicit curriculum-what a school intends to teach consistsof: goals, aims, learning objectives courses knowledge, skills, attitudes to be acquired E.Hidden curriculum– behaviors, attitudes, and knowledge of the culture of school unintentionally teaches students F. Null curriculum –learning experiences or curricula students do not experience
G.Extra-curriculum / Co-curriculum- school-sponsored activities H.Majority of public- believes curriculum content should emphasize “basics” and computer literacy
Development of school curriculum: A. Tyler rationale: • Educational purposes? • Educational experiencescan be provided to attain those purposes? • Organization of experiences? • Assessment of purposes attained?
B. Two (2) dimensions of curriculum planning:target & time orientation
C.Emphasis on logic of the discipline: Subject-Centered Curriculum Versus Student-Centered Curriculum
D.Integrated curriculum - draws from several subjects areas, focuses on a theme or concept rather than single subject E.Inquiry-based Curriculum -instead of learning isolated facts, integrate methods of inquiry common to the discipline(Jerome Bruner)
F.Relevancy-Based Curriculum • Responsive to social issues & significant changes in culture G.Core Curriculum to English ,History ,science, Language , math, PE, art, music history H.Performance-Based Education • focuses on assessing students’mastery of a set of rigorous learning goals or outcomes
Curricula- influenced by various religious, political, and utilitarian agendas Textbooks -“predominate in the schools”
1620 - 1770 - 1860 - 1920 - ィ ィ ィ ィ 1760 1860 1920 P r esen t R e l i gio us C i ti z e n- Vo ca tio na l H ig h B el i ef s sh i p G o a l s S t nd r ds & Equ a l Opp ort . Time Periods Affecting Curricula