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    SIl1 FRASER UNIVERSITY
    FACULTY OF EDUCATION
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    CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT:
    DR. A. S. (ART) TINDILL
    THEORY AND PRACTICE
    The course is designed to examine curriculum in the broadest sense including
    the culture of the school, certain aspects of theory and certain aspects of the
    way it
    is.
    (Practice) leadership issues connected with curriculum evaluation,
    development, implementation, co-ordination and articulation will be explored
    from a perspective designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice. The
    premise of the course is that curriculum, the complex network of what to teach
    and how to teach it, exists for students.
    I. OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE AND INTENDED STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
    1.1 To describe and analyze the tasks of curriculum and curriculum
    development.
    1.2 To synthensize and explain the factors which lead to curriculum
    dysfunction.
    1.3 To be able to internalize and apply a comprehensive teaching-learning
    model.
    1.4 To develop a systematic plan for curriculum development and
    evaluation.
    1.5 To understand and apply the concepts of curriculum alignment and
    curriculum mapping.
    1.6 To develop strategic planning skills which are future oriented and
    pro-active in working with curriculum.
    1.7 To be able to plan for and work with curriculum co-ordination and
    articulation.
    1.8 To problem-solve practical issues related to curriculum at the school
    level.
    1.9 To discuss and analyze current issues in curriculum.
    1.10 To be able to translate curriculum theory into curriculum practice.
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    2. TOPICS OF THE
    COURSE
    2.1 Curriculum tasks for professional educators.
    2.2
    Teaching-learning
    model.
    2.3 Curriculum evaluation.
    2.4 Curriculum alignment.
    2.5 Curriculum mapping.
    2.6 Strategic planning.
    2.7 The school as a "system".
    2.8 Curriculum development.
    2.9 Theory vs. Practice.
    2.10 Contemporary Issues.
    3. CLASS EVALUATION
    3.1 Active class participation and ad hoc written assignments
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    25%
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    3.2 Curriculum Project
    This will be based on an area of study in the class where
    each student will prepare a curriculum proposal -
    practical in nature - which could be implemented in a
    school. The nature of the project may be specific and
    situations appropriate so that two objectives may be
    realized:
    a.
    Student growth and expertise in the project; and
    b.
    A school in which the project could be implemented
    would benefit from the work and the results.
    The project topic will need to be agreed upon between the
    instructor and the student prior to
    commencement.
    Details will follow in class.
    75%
    4. REQUIRED TT
    Robinson,
    Floyd
    G.; Ross,
    John A.; and White, Floyd; Curriculum Development
    for Effective Instruction,
    OISE
    Press, Toronto, Ontario. 1985
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