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EDUCATION 471
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: THEORY AND PRACTICE
Spring 1980
KAMLOOPS - John Todd Elem. School
435 McGowan Avenue
Mondays from 4:30-8:15 p.m.
Instructor: David Hopkins
VERNON - Teacher Centre
15th Street
Tuesdays from 5:00-9:00 p.m.
Using an experiential approach, this course will assist the student:
- to develop competencies related to curriculum?
development, evaluation and implementation
- to gain theoretical and practical understanding
of curriculum and its implications for education
and society
- to develop a curriculum related to his/her own
subject area and age group
- to internalize a model of self-education applicable
to both institutional and non-institutional
settings and life long learning
These goals will be developed through the following activities:
- class presentations and workshops
- individual and group negotiated contracts on
competencies related to curriculum development
- critical discussion of related readings
- external visits, and consultations with community
resources
Requirements for the course will be met through contracts, negotiated with
the instructor, which focus on the acquisition of competencies relevant to
curriculum development. These negotiated contracts will also form the
basis of the letter grade assigned at the end of the course.
Textbooks for the course include:
KNOWLES, Malcom; Self Directed Learning, Association Press, 1975
STENHOUSE, Lawrence; An Introduction of Curriculum Research and Development,
London: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd., 1975.
TYLER, Ralph W.; Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction, London:
The University of Chicago Press, 1973.
Further information about the course can be obtained from the instructor,
David Hopkins, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University,
291-3614 (office phone).