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EDUCATION 471-4

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: THEORY AND PRACTICE

SPRING, 1981

LOCATIONS: KELOWNA: S.F.U. Centre

Okanagan College

1000 KLO Road

Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 4X8

Phone: 762-7600

TTME: Thursdays, 4:30 -

8:20

INSTRUCTOR: David Hopkins

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King George V School

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7 Winnipeg Street

Prince George, B.C. V2L 2V1

Phone: 562-6418

TIME: Wednesdays 4:30 - 8:20

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 implication for education and soci.ety

- 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 neaotiated 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, Malcolm; SELF DIRECTED LEARNING; Association Press, 1975

STENHOUSE, Lawrence; AN INTRODUCTION OF CURRICULUM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

London: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd., 1975

In addition a charge will have to be levied for the large amount of print material

supplied by the instructor for the course.

Further information about the course can be obtained from the instructor, David

Hopkins, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University.