AN OVERVIEW OF CURRICULUM Introduction Ever since the term curriculum was added to educators’ vocabularies‚ it has seemed to convey many things to many people. To some‚ curriculum has denoted a specific course‚ while to others it has meant the entire educational environment. Whereas perceptions of the term may vary‚ it must be recognized that curriculum encompasses more than a simple definition. Curriculum is a key element in the educational process; its scope is extremely broad‚ and it
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Models in Curriculum Development INTRODUCTION Curriculum development is concerned with the drawing up of plans for teaching and learning activities in classroom situations that will bring about positive changes in the lives of the learners. It is based on the school’s mission and goals and identifies ways of translating these into a coherent and coordinated program of meaningful experiences and conditions eliciting responses that will lead to the transformation of the learners into authentic
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The word curriculum generally refers to a series of courses that help learners achieve specific academic or occupational goals. A curriculum often consists of general learning objectives and a list of courses and resources. Some curricula are more like lesson plans‚ containing detailed information about how to teach a course‚ complete with discussion questions and specific activities for learners. Here are some strategies for developing a curriculum. Define the objective of the curriculum. The goal
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1.2 Practitioner’s expectations should be to become a valuable practitioner‚ to be reliable and build good relationships with children and parent carers‚ encouraging play whilst learning‚ and by having children’s best interests e.g. physical activities‚ outings‚ this would help them to enjoy their growth in knowledge and assist in enhancing their development as a whole. Also practitioners should work as a team with other staff members and parent/carers in order to support the children to promote
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Curriculum Development The term curriculum originates from the Latin meaning “race course”. The term has been expanded and today is more widely used in education to mean "a plan for a sustained process of teaching and learning" (Pratt‚ 1997‚ p. 5). There are numerous formats for curriculum models. They can be deductive‚ meaning “they proceed from the general (examining the needs of society‚ for example) to the specific (specifying instructional objectives‚ for example)”‚ or inductive
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“Curriculum is perceived as a plan or program for all the experiences that the learner encounters under the direction of the school” (Oliva and Gordon‚ 2013‚ p. 7). To the outside world‚ curriculum may be seen as the planned interaction of pupils with instructional content‚ materials‚ resources‚ and processes for evaluating the attainment of educational objectives according to the Oxford English Dictionary. However‚ as educators‚ creating a working definition for curriculum requires a delicate balance
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and Related Literature This section contains resource documents about standards-based instruction‚ Essential Learnings support documents from OSPI‚ and C&I resources for teachers teaching the Interactive Mathematics Program and Connected Mathematics Project materials. TPS Mathematics Resources CMP Book Card This sample of a book card was modeled after one used by one of our trainers during the summer 2001 institutes. It provides easy record keeping when checking in and out CMP unit
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CHAPTER 7 SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT John A. Scott and David Nisse Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 7000 East Avenue P.O. Box 808‚ L-632 Livermore‚ CA 94550‚ USA (925) 423-7655 scott7@llnl.gov Table of Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 Introduction................................................................. 1 Definition of the SCM Knowledge Area .................... 1 Breakdown of Topics for SCM................................... 2 Breakdown Rationale.......................................
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Professor Topic: Curriculum Mapping Key Words: curriculum mapping‚ lesson planning‚ TLMS‚ horizontal alignment‚ vertical alignment‚ Curriculum Creator. Introduction To design a standard-based curriculum is one thing‚ but to translate the standards into actual classroom practices and to assess student mastery is one of complexity and non-conformity which does not help the learners reach high achievements. Lesson planning attempts
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Module 3: Curriculum & Society What is Curriculum? “Noun (plural curricula /-lə/ or curriculums) – The subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college: course components of the school curriculum” (Oxford Online Dictionary‚ 2012) Who can define curriculum? When looking at a simple definition we find that curriculum is in fact a very broad term not dictating a single course of study. Kelly (2009:7) criticises the most basic and direct definitions when used within
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