Curriculum

Re constructionist Curriculum

Aims to education youth in such a way that they will be capable of solving some of society's pressing problems

Interlocking model

Curriculum and Instruction are shown as systems entwined

Cyclical Model

Curriculum and instruction are separate entities with a continuing circular relationship

Dualistic Model

Curriculum sits of one side and instruction on the other- no intersection

A child-centered curriculum

Designed to focus on the learner

Essentialist curriculum

Designed to transmit the cultural heritage

Four Models of curriculum instruction

Dualistic, Interlocking, Concentric, Cyclical

Ideology

How upbringing shapes how we view everything; this affects who we are as teachers too

Concentric Models

Mutual dependence is the key feature of concentric models Two conceptions of the curriculum-instruction relationship that shows one as the subsystem of the other

What are the characteristics of a discipline?

Principles, Knowledge and Skills, Theoreticians and Practitioners

Who develops curriculum?

Teachers, curriculum specialist, and instructional supervisors share leadership responsibilities in efforts to develop the curriculum

What is curriculum?

Text definition- Curriculum is perceived as a plan or program for all the experiences that the learner encounters under the direction of the school. The curriculum may be a unit, a course, a sequence of courses, the school's entire program of studies

Relationship between curriculum and instruction

That which is taught and instruction as the means used to teach what is taught.