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.