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EDUCATION 471-4
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: THEORY AND PRACTICE
SUMMER SESSION, 1984
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INSTRUCTOR: Robertson Wood
TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, 8:30 - 12:20
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LOCATION: On Campus
The purpose of Education 471 is to examine both the theoretical
aspects of curriculum development and the relationship of this theory
to selected educational programs. Curriculum theory will be considered
from the point of view of practicing teachers who must implement, often
adapt, and, sometimes develop curricula within the context of the school
and the classroom.
The first part of the course will cover the following topics:
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The context of the curriculum
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The organization of the curriculum
3. Curriculum design
4. Curriculum objectives
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Implementing a curriculum
6. The teacher and the curriculum
In the second part of the course two new and very different
curriculum projects will be analyzed and assessed in the light of
criteria selected from part one of the course.
Students will be assigned preparatory reading for each class session.
In addition students will be required to write two short papers (750 -
1,000 words) on topics chosen from the first part of the course. As
a final assignment students may either design a curriculum project for
their own classroom or area of interest or prepare a critical analysis
of a curriculum presently taught in British Columbia.
Textbooks
Kelly, A.V. The Curriculum. Harper and Row, 1982
Barrow, R. ?
Giving Teaching Back to Teachers. In Press, Simon Fraser
University, 1984
Barrow, R.
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The Philosophy of Schooling. Wheatsheaf, 1982