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    EDUCATION
    471-14
    CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: THEORY AND PRACTICE
    REGULAR SEMESTER 1980
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    INSTRUCTOR: David Hopkins
    Monday,
    4:30 - 8:30
    Using an experiential approach, this course will assist the student:
    - to develop competencies related to curriculum?
    development, evaluation and implementation
    - to ga.in
    theoretical and practical understanding
    of curriculum and its implications for education
    and society
    - to develop curriculum related to his/her own
    subject area age group and professional needs
    - 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
    - consultations with community resources, experts in
    the field and other members of the teaching profession
    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 are:
    KNOWLES, Malcórlm; Self Directed Learning, Association Press,
    1975
    STENHOUSE, Lawrence; An Introduction of Curriculum Research and Development,
    London: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd.,
    1975
    In addition a small charge may have to be levied for the large amount of
    printed material supplied for each session.
    Further information about the course can be obtained from the instructor, David
    Hopkins, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University at
    291-36114
    (office phone).

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