SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

EDUCATION 471-4

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CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: THEORY AND PRACTICE

Fall Semester, 1989

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Instructor: ?

Stuart Richmond

(September 5 - December 15)

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Office: ?

MPX 8670

Tuesdays, 4:30-8:20 p.m.

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Telephone: 291-3529

Location: MPX 8651

Prereciulslte:

60 hours credit

It is intended that students will:

a.

understand the concerns of curriculum theory that guide practical curriculum

development.

b.

be able to develop curricula for classroom use in chosen areas of interest.

Concept of education; needs of the learner; aims and objectives; curriculum design and

development; curriculum content; organization-subjects, processes, integration, experiences;

approaches to teaching and learning; the individual classroom; curriculum evaluation; new

proposals from the Ministry.

3.2.1.

Class

Curriculum

Paper

presentationanalyzing

development

a curriculum

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project

concept

in student's

or proposalarea

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of interest

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40%

30%

30%

Barrow, R. (1984). Giving Teaching Back to Teachers.

Walker, D.F., & Soltis, J. (1986). Curriculum and Aims.

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(a)

The role of the teacher

(b)

Individual and group instruction

(C)

Matching instruction with objectives

(a)

A cybernetic perspective dealing with underachievement and overachievement

(b)

Provisions for faster and slower learners

(C)

Grouping for instruction

(a)

Curriculum Logistics

(b)

Materials

(C)

Equipment

(d)

Facilities

(e)

Personnel

(f)

Time

(g)

Costs

(a)

Curriculum evaluation

(b)

Program evaluation revisited

(C)

Terminating curricula

EVALUATION PROCEDURES:

An 8 item narrative styled test, wholistically scored, will be presented at the end of each of Parts VII

and XIII. The value of each part is as follows:

Test A (at the end of Part VII) will be valued as 20%.

Test B (at the end of Part XIII) will be valued as 30%.

Research Report

A research report of approximately 15-20 pages in length will be due at the end of Part V. Value

would be 15%.

Curriculum Design:

A curriculum design element either within a group or an individual setting will be done by the end

of Part XII and will be valued as 15%.

(a)

This may be done as part of a program evaluation or

(b)

may be done as a program development in a specific curriculum area of interest to

participants.

A variety of small reports and in-class projects will be presented through the thirteen parts with a

total value of 20%.

Total = 100%

Curriculum Design and Development

by David Pratt, Publisher Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc.