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CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: THEORY AND PRACTICE

INTER SESSION

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INSTRUCTOR: Robertson Wood

WEDNESDAYS, FRIDAYS, 8:30 - 12:30

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The purpose of Education 471 is to familiarize students with the

major curriculum development orientations they

will

encounter as

practitioners. The point of view taken will be that of the classroom

teacher who must implement, adapt, and develop curricula within the

context of the school and the classroom.

Students will be assigned preparatory reading for each class

session. In addition students will be required to write two short

papers (750 - 1000 words) on some aspect of the course work. These

papers will serve as a basis for classroom discussion.

As a final ssignment students will prepare a critical analysis on

one of the curriculum orientations discussed during the course.

Textbook

Barrow, R. Givin

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Teachin

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Back To Teaching. Althouse Press

(University of Western Ontario), London, Ontario, 1984.