EDUCATION 471-4
SUMMER SESSION, 1985
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INSTRUCTOR: D. Hopkins
Tuesdays and Thursdays,
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LOCATION: MPX 9511
8:30 - 12:20
SITE 1985: TEACHER AS RESEARCHER - Training Session
The "teacher researcher training session" will focus on specific
skills associated with the teacher researcher concept. In particular
the training session will involve exposition practice and feedback on the
following
1.
Defining Problems for Teacher Research
2.
Gathering Data on Classroom Behaviour
3.
Analysing Classroom Research Data
Participants in the training session will be expected to engage in
role play, simulated teaching situations and the gathering and analysis
of data relevant to classroom research.
Resource
Hopkins, David (1985) A Teachers Guide to Classroom Research Philadelphia:
OUP
Summer Session, 1985
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Dr David Hopkins
ED471 - Curriculum Devel
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nt :, Theory and Practice
Rationale
The curriculum occupies a pivotal place in education, standing as it
does between the constituent disciplines of education and the practice of
teaching. Consequently, the study of the curriculum provides rich opportunities
for linking educational theory to educational practice. The realisation
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opportunitjes is problematic, however, because as the area of
"curriculum" is relatively new, its territory is insecure, and the field is
characterised by debate and conflicting theoretical positions. it is
important for teachers to understand the nature of this debate for only thus
will they be able to effectively utilise, develop and evaluate curriculum
within their ` -ool situation. The module reflects the debate on the