Curriculum & Instruction
Examples of Curriculum mapping:
1. Essential Mapping, 2.Resources, and Assessment Ideas.
2 basic Types of Curriculum Models
1.Product Model-Results based on finished product. ex. grades 2.Process Model-.How things in the learning goes. Open ended
Which best describes a curriculum map?
A curriculum map is an ever evolving document that should be generally followed while still flexible based on the needs of the students.
backward design
A method of designing educational curriculum by setting goals before choosing instructional methods and forms of assessment.
Curriculum
A plan used in education that directs teacher instruction.
Resources
A resource is a source or supply from which benefit is produced.
Curriculum Guide
A tool designed to help teachers pace their lessons.
What is backward design in terms of curriculum design?
Backward design is designing curriculum to work toward a particular endpoint or set of goals.
In the CIPP curriculum evaluation model, CIPP stands for:
Context, Input, Process, Product
What is curriculum mapping?
Curriculum mapping is a procedure for reviewing the operational curriculum as it is entered into an electronic database at any education setting.
Who might be involved in creating the curriculum map?
District content specialist, school deparment chairs, teachers that teach the same subjects, and individual teachers.
Curriculum models
Encompasses educational philosphy, approach to teaching, and methodology.
Structure
Focus on the system of review.
What is a curriculum?
In education it's broady defined as the totality of student experiences that occur in the educational process.
Multicultural Curricum
Is a complete change because students learn their concepts through a different cultural.
A Model
Is a format for curriculum design developed to meet unquie needs, contexts, and/or purposes.
Why is scheduling, such as creating a planning grid, relevant to curriculum design?
It important to think about how much time you have to devote to it.
Process Model
Looks at assessments
Teachers should think about _____ when developing multicultural curriculum to take students beyond what is in the textbook and closer to what they know through traditions, culture, and heritage.
Resources
Core curriculum
The Core curriculum was originally developed as the main curriculum used by Columbia University's College in 1919.
Curriculum Mapping
The general order and pace of the curriculum.
What is the function of curriculum models?
To provide a framework for curriculum guides
Instruction
What is described as the act or practice of teaching?
Curriculm
What teachers will depend on:
Standards
When planning a curriculum, what should a teacher consider first?
When mapping out a curriculum:
You should look at your district's calendar
What is the function of curriculum models?
to provide a framework for curriculum guides.