ED5881 - Shaping Curriculum - Construction, Implementation and Review

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Education

Available to Postgraduate Certificate of Education, Bachelor of Education (Professional Development), Master of Teaching and Master of Education students.

The subject focuses on the shaping of curriculum within schools and school systems. Teachers, principals and curriculum coordinators will examine their roles in curriculum construction, implementation and review through a study of relevant literature, education system requirements and their own professional practices. Various conceptualisations of curriculum will be explored alongside practices associated with its implementation and review such as teachers as co-constructors of curriculum, curriculum reform implementation, the role of assessment in curriculum, and stakeholders of curriculum.

Learning Outcomes

• explore and develop conceptualisations of curriculum and identify implications for schools and school systems;
• describe a curriculum issue and its contextual influences;
• critically analyse issues, practices and literature on curriculum construction, implementation and review;
• frame and produce a curriculum project relevant to a school or school system.

Availabilities
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2011
Coord/Lect:	Professor Lindsay Parry.
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	multidraft Essays (40%); curriculum project (60%).
JCU Singapore, Block, Study Period 51
Census Date 24-Mar-2011
Face to face teaching 11-Apr-2011 to 17-Apr-2011 (11 - 17 April 2011 block mode face to face teaching)
Coord/Lect:	Professor Lindsay Parry.
Assessment:	details of non-invigilated assessment tasks to be provided (10% - 100%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.