Exploring the Curriculum
Course Description This course is intended to introduce the education pre-service students to effective curriculum design and assessment. The course topics include curriculum models, principles and approaches in designing, delivering and addressing the curriculum. It emphasizes familiarity with contemporary curriculum policies and framework and their relevance or planning, pedagogy and assessment at the classroom level. The course in curriculum development shall develop teachers who can adjust and be flexible in designing and implementing curricula in learning environments for different students in different context. It can also apply a wide range of teaching process skills (including curriculum development, lesson planning, material development, educational assessment and pedagogy) Field study 4 is anchored on Curriculum Development and Educational Technology.
General Objectives:
1. Design a model of curriculum demonstrating considerations for basic and higher education, appropriate community linkages, and stakeholders
2. Address the monitoring of curriculum implementation and assessment of curriculum
3. Prepare an alignment of developing objectives, pedagogy and assessment.
4. Request for a sample of their curriculum;
4.1 Scope/ Sequence Chart
5. 4.2 Teaching Guide
4.3 Sample Lesson Plan
My Performance (How I Will Be Rated)
Tasks Exemplary
4 Superior
3 Satisfactory
2 Unsatisfactory
1
Observation/
Documentation: All tasks were done with outstanding quality; work exceeds expectations
4 All or nearby all tasks were done with high quality
3 Nearly all tasks were done with acceptable quality
2 Fewer than half of tasks were done; or most objectives met but with poor quality
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My Analysis Analysis questions were answered completely ; in depth answers; thoroughly grounded on theories; exemplary grammar and spelling.
4 Analysis questions were answered completely; clear connection with theories;