In this course, participants will gain an understanding of the history, nature and types of curriculum used in educational institutions. They will consider curriculum theory and the politics of the curriculum. Participants will examine the management and processes involved in curriculum design before applying these to a curriculum implementation. They will contemplate new trends in curriculum design and the embedding of core skills into a curriculum. The participants will also consider the core skills required by contemporary learners.
After completing the course, the participants will be able to:
- recognize and discuss the broad history and types of curriculum
- analyze and discuss curriculum theory and the political frame of the curriculum
- utilize curriculum processes and management tools to design a curriculum implementation for their own context
- reflect on and discuss new trends in curriculum design
- design and implement the embedding of core skills into a curriculum appropriate to their context.
- Types of curriculum (recommended, written, supported, tested, hidden).
- Curriculum leader as change agent.
- Learning communities and curriculum.
- Curriculum theories (structure oriented, values oriented, process oriented)
- The curriculum as change, the emergent curriculum.
- Motivation of staff for implementation and role of continuing professional development.
- Strategy, implementation and evaluation of curriculum change.
- Common and core skills in the curriculum.
- Teacher
Mark Curcher