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Curriculum alignment and consistency

Curriculum alignment and consistency. Building curriculum based vocabularies and learning trajectories. Allard Strijker 2011-05-18 Edrene , Den Haag. Introduction. SLO – Expertise center for Curriculum Design. This presentation. For you Ideas for alignment Approach for consistency

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Curriculum alignment and consistency

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  1. Curriculum alignment and consistency Building curriculum based vocabularies and learning trajectories. Allard Strijker 2011-05-18 Edrene, Den Haag

  2. Introduction • SLO – Expertise center for Curriculum Design

  3. This presentation • For you • Ideas for alignment • Approach for consistency • Things to think about • Possibilities tools • Current developments • From you • Suggestions • Related projects • Questions

  4. Quality in Relevance • Alignment • Curriculum framework • Learning objectives • Educational aims • Educational levels • Consistency • Within Subjects and themes • Learning materials • From publishers, Own material, Open domain • Assessment

  5. Education Trends in the Netherlands • More attention for individual learners • More or less talented • Teacher more in control • More attention for curriculum • Providing mix of learning materials from • From publishers • Own material • Open material • Change in finance Schoolbooks

  6. Solutions • Describe curriculum more specific • Learning Trajectories • Content specification (What should be learned) • Provide vocabularies • Terms • Relations • Support content development • Support in searching learning materials

  7. Dutch Curriculum

  8. Program structure Dutch curriculum • subject-transcending themes (Human and Nature) • Subject (Geography) • Core (Water) • Core objectives • Exam programmes • Common European Frame work

  9. Example

  10. Alignment European curriculum • Subject-transcending themes (Language) • Subject (English) • Core (Speaking) • Core objectives • Exam programmes • Common European Frame work

  11. Subject structure • subject-transcending themes (Human and Nature) • Subject (Geography) • Core (Water) • Sub core • Content • Level • Intermediate goal

  12. Geography cores • Citizenship, multicultural society • Sustainability • Population and area • Rich and poor • Globalisation • Borders and identity, Europe • Weather and climate • Forces of the Earth • Sources of energy • Water

  13. Geography sub cores Water • Water Cycle • Water issue too much, too little, too dirty • Netherlands-Waterland • Water in the future

  14. Geography (Lower Secondary Education) • Water (Core) • Water in the future (Sub Core) • Sustainable use of water (Content) • Understanding of sustainable water use and a contribution in their own environment accordingly. (Intermediate objective) • Water • Water in the future • Issues around availability and price of water problems • Assessing views water-related conflicts.

  15. Learning Trajectories Learning Trajectory Core objective Intermediate objective Intermediate objective Intermediate objective Intermediate objective Content Content Content Content Content Materials and resources Materials and resources Materials and resources

  16. Inconsistency between subjects (Mapping) • Subject specific • Terminology (Core, Task, Skill, Domain, Concepts, Time periods, Keys) -> Mapped to Core • Structure (2 levels, 3 level content description) -> Sub Core = Core • Differences in didactics in subjects • Math and languages • Competences, knowledge, tasks, skills

  17. subjects / themes Learning Trajectory Subject core Core objectives Subject sub core Examination program Educational level Content Intermediate objective Learning objects

  18. Possibilities Quality • Relations with formal curriculum • Use of learning trajectories • Overview of curricula, coverage • Showing implicit relations between learning materials • Show curriculum related items • Support in selection based on curriculum

  19. Possibilities Relevance • Repositories • Collections • Provide more specific search results • Improve searching, discovery • Improve content development • Tooling

  20. Current challenges • Stability of curriculum • Management • Lifecycle • Versions • Keep consistency • Control complexity vocabularies • Number of items to maintain

  21. Current challenges • Adoption, implementation • Publishers, Collections, Tools • Persistent relations • Vocabularies • List of Items • Hierarchical lists • Multiple relations

  22. Questions Suggestions • a.strijker@slo.nl

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