2. The Word: Curriculum • Latin: Running course • Scotland 1603: Carriage way, road • United States 1906: Course of study • United States, 1940: Plan for learning (study)
3. What is curriculum? Curriculum is a design PLAN for learning that requires the purposeful and proactive organization, sequencing, and management of the interactions among the teacher, the students, and the content knowledge we want students to acquire.
4. Some of the components of a comprehensiveSome of the components of a comprehensive curriculum unitcurriculum unit • Content • Assessment • Introduction/Closure • Teaching Strategies • Learning Activities Grouping and Pacing Products Resources Extension Activities Differentiation
5. Characteristics of Exemplary Curriculum • Powerful knowledge goals, representative or generative topics, and big ideas • Advance organizers that clarify prior knowledge, future activities, and expectations • Motivating introductory experiences • Challenging and active learning activities • Authentic resources and products • Aligned assessment strategies and growth criteria, feedback, debriefing, transfer and extension opportunities, interaction, and support • Interest-based applications and extensions • Modifications that attend to powerful student differences
6. What is a curriculum model?What is a curriculum model? A model is a format for curriculum design developed to meet unique needs, contexts, and/or purposes. In order to address these goals, curriculum developers design, reconfigure, or rearrange one or more key curriculum components.
7. The Framework Underlying All Curriculum ModelsContent Assessment Intro Teaching Learning Products Resources Grouping Extensions Modifications KEY CURRICULUM COMPONENTS
8. Reasons and Rationale for aReasons and Rationale for a Curriculum Model Based onCurriculum Model Based on Student DifferencesStudent Differences • Why