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Curriculum Innovation

Curriculum Innovation. Recipe. Take 1 English KS3 National Curriculum Add the heart of a Concept-Based Curriculum Stir in an Enquiry-Based Curriculum Spice it up with a Competence Curriculum Mix it in the bowl of an Inter-Disciplinary C urriculum

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Curriculum Innovation

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  1. Curriculum Innovation

  2. Recipe • Take 1 English KS3 National Curriculum • Add the heart of a Concept-Based Curriculum • Stir in an Enquiry-Based Curriculum • Spice it up with a Competence Curriculum • Mix it in the bowl of an Inter-Disciplinary Curriculum • Throw in the Confidence to do what you what you know is great food • NB Make sure you know your diners’ needs and have the right chefs

  3. Your chefs… • Must be Y7/8 chefs • Not ‘secondary subject’ chefs

  4. Let’s look again at the ingredients Concept-Based Curriculum • Concepts are: Timeless, Universal, Broad, Abstract • H. Lynn Erickson, • What’s the point in learning about the (industrial revolution)?

  5. Competence Curriculum • The RSA Opening Minds Curriculum • Competences for: • Learning • Citizenship • Relating to people • Managing situations

  6. Inter-Disciplinary Curriculum • 6 subjects: Sci, Computing, DT, Art, Hist, Geog • Delivered in 2 x 18 hour units • 3 weeks per unit (eg in Q1 and Q3) • 36 hours a year • Each unit: 3 double lessons per wk, for 3 wks • Strong emphasis on: connectedness; literacy, numeracy, ICT, PSHE; making learning memorable

  7. A perfect meal

  8. Eg a Science unit

  9. KHDA judgment In Year 7, secondary students engaged enthusiastically in an innovative, concept-based and motivating inter-disciplinary curriculum with a particular focus on enquiry-based learning. Jan 2013

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