EDUCATION 471-4
    SUMMER SESSION, 1985
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    INSTRUCTOR: D. Hopkins
    Tuesdays and Thursdays,
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    LOCATION: MPX 9511
    8:30 - 12:20
    SITE 1985: TEACHER AS RESEARCHER - Training Session
    The "teacher researcher training session" will focus on specific
    skills associated with the teacher researcher concept. In particular
    the training session will involve exposition practice and feedback on the
    following
    1.
    Defining Problems for Teacher Research
    2.
    Gathering Data on Classroom Behaviour
    3.
    Analysing Classroom Research Data
    Participants in the training session will be expected to engage in
    role play, simulated teaching situations and the gathering and analysis
    of data relevant to classroom research.
    Resource
    Hopkins, David (1985) A Teachers Guide to Classroom Research Philadelphia:
    OUP
    Summer Session, 1985
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    Dr David Hopkins
    ED471 - Curriculum Devel
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    nt :, Theory and Practice
    Rationale
    The curriculum occupies a pivotal place in education, standing as it
    does between the constituent disciplines of education and the practice of
    teaching. Consequently, the study of the curriculum provides rich opportunities
    for linking educational theory to educational practice. The realisation
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    opportunitjes is problematic, however, because as the area of
    "curriculum" is relatively new, its territory is insecure, and the field is
    characterised by debate and conflicting theoretical positions. it is
    important for teachers to understand the nature of this debate for only thus
    will they be able to effectively utilise, develop and evaluate curriculum
    within their ` -ool situation. The module reflects the debate on the

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