EDUCATION 471 - CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
    INSTRUCTOR: ?
    PETER GRfl+rE'IT
    SUMMER 1978 - INTERSESSION AND SUMMER SESSION
    OUTLINE
    The course is intended to help students:
    1.
    identify various conceptions of curriculum;
    2.
    relate curriculum to the total context of education;
    3.
    develop a conceptual framework for use in building curricula;
    4.
    develop a conceptual framework for use in evaluating curricula;
    5.
    understand the roles played by various persons and institutions
    in curriculum development.
    TOPICAL OUTLINE
    May 8: Introduction - what is curriculum ? Conceptions of curriculum.
    Curriculum development models.
    May 10: Determinants of curriculum: - learning theory
    - teachers, students, community
    - knowledge
    May 15: Curriculum Design.
    May 17: Goals and Objectives.
    May 22: Scope and Sequence.
    May 24: Evaluation of Curriculum.
    May 29: Innovation in curriculum.Theories of Change.
    May 31: Implementing curriculum change. Changing goals and objectives.
    June 5: Changing Content. Student Presentations.
    June 7: Changing Process. Student Presentations.
    June 12: Examination. Experiential Learning Designs.
    June 14: Experiential Learning Designs. Wind-up.
    Marking: Total term work based on student contracts contributes 70% of final grade.
    Examinations contribute 30%.
    Text: ?
    Short, Edmund C. a Marconnit, George D. (eds)
    1968 Contemporary Thought on Public School Curriculum.
    Dubuque, Iowa: Win. C. Brown.
    PG: ca

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