Curriculum Development: Process

Part: 1 Explanation and discussion of the curriculum design and development process currently used in Australian Secondary schools.

Ms. Avery, the principal instituted specific curriculum goals and objectives that aligned with the school district. She organized a team of parents and teachers who was in charge of developing new

To provide a broad, balanced and integrated curriculum with a view to developing the individual child’s full potential.

Curriculum, as stated by Glickman (2014) “is the what of instruction”. Additionally, Ornstein and Hunkins, (as cited by Glickman, Gordon and Ross-Gordon, 2014) have listed the elements of the curriculum and they “are sequence and continuity, scope and balance”. The mastery with which a teacher can incorporate the elements of the curriculum in instruction is categorized by levels. The levels of teacher involvement in curriculum implementation are described and exemplfied

Also, throughout curriculum development the goals and aims of the curriculum need to be taken into account. Without specific goals and aims for the curriculum, the curriculum could be unfocused with no purpose identified. Within the social studies curriculum that I analyzed, I noticed societal goals for the curriculum (Posner, 2004). Societal goals are emphasized because the curriculum supports the development of knowledgeable and engaged citizens within our country. By understanding the goal of my curriculum I am better able to understand the purpose of what I am teaching, which in turn helps me to differentiate for my students while still keeping the ultimate goal in mind. I also was able to identify the further learning aims within the curriculum (Posner, 2004). By identifying this aim I was able to see how the curriculum I was teaching tied into the curriculum that the students would experience in subsequent grades. By reflecting on the further learning aims I was able to see how my teaching was a valuable piece of a bigger puzzle

When planning a curriculum, a designer or program planner has three very important aspects, foundations, and vision to ensure are in place. They are program goals, program objectives, and program outcomes. The following speaks to the differences and relationships not only between program goals, objectives, and outcomes but provides insight of each in the specific instance of a curriculum for teaching staff how to teach patients.

Upon reading both the Mississippi Arts Frameworks and the National Core Arts Standards, it became very apparent that there were similarities and contrast in both their structure and content. Both of these frameworks still have the overall goal of increasing both individuality, creativity, and important life skills in students. Both of these frameworks highlight important artistic processes and content, but both differ in the components that they contain as well. Additionally, both frameworks still have the same universal goal as other subject area, which is to inform readers of what a student should know and be able to do at different grade levels. Similarly, both standards are also offer itself as guides and models for educators to plan their instruction. Both standards offer a multitude of resourceful information that can guide teachers into designing a curriculum in which performance is assessed rather than paperwork.

When curriculum are designed, planed daily activities follow. Curriculum designed by the interest of the children and go through steps. Include philosophies of education, theories, standards, principles values, research, and views on how children learn best. Usually contained different domains that children develop through the activities. Socio emotional, intellectual. Then, goals and objective are written and say how this goals will be recognize. A plan is coming for outside and inside environment, the activist have to be planned to be out or in the classroom.

An area of need at Napavine Jr. Sr. High School is the curriculum adoption process. Two years ago, I worked with the English department to adopt the curriculum for grades 6-12. At that time, there was no guidance and no set procedure. Several months ago, the building principal asked me to be the lead for the K-12 music department’s curriculum adoption. I am not a music teacher and I have no experience in music curriculum. I realized that we needed a plan in place so that teachers would have the mechanism to thoroughly explore, evaluate and select the best curriculum for their program.

Being effective as an educator and instructional leader is important to the overall success and academic achievement of the students that are serviced in an educational system. There are specific resources that are necessary to achieve those academic goals as they relate to curriculum and instruction of our students, with proper planning being one. The key is determining what additional resources can be used and addressing and organizing them in a manner that would assist in their successful integration. The purpose of this paper is to discuss ways that necessary resources to achieve curriculum and instructional goals can be identified, organized, and implemented.

Teaching with purpose to have a desired outcome is one perspective to examine Dr. Robert Marzano’s book The Art and Science of Teaching. The instructional situation that I am familiar with is elementary. As I examine Marzano’s ten instructional design questions, that represent a logical planning sequence for effective instructional design, I will use elementary lenses.

A curriculum is any planned educational experience. Ideally, the learning objectives should incorporate the acronym “SMART”: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Targeted to the learner. Systematic Curriculum and Instructional Development (SCID) is a successful model for curriculum development customized to complement the needs of career and technical educators as well as business and industry trainers. It has five phases: design, development, implementation, evaluation. Since curriculum reflects the models of instructional delivery chosen and used, some might indicate that curriculum could be categorized according to the common psychological classifications of the four families of learning theories “Social, Information Processing, Personalist, and Behavioral” as defined by Cortes (1981). Cortes

When curriculum development is being considered, Vashist (2003:1) states that the development of curriculum has been ‘conditioned’ by certain influences. Firstly, the subject matter is an obvious influence, then the course content and the influence of quantitative standards. Kelly (2004:2)

Although it is impossible to agree on just one definition of curriculum, one can understand the idea based on how it functions in relation to education practice by aligning the three major types of curriculum, which are intended curriculum, implemented

Planning an effective curriculum is not an easy task because there is not one single formula for its design. However, most educators would agree that there are essential questions that can be asked to ensure the validity and quality of a design. Dillon feels as though these curriculum questions can be classified into three sections which are the nature, the elements, and the practice of curriculum (Dillon, 2009). From these three groups, planners can narrow the curriculum to focus on certain aspects including the ideas of who, what, where, why, and how the plan is constructed, as well as the resulting actions and thoughts of the plan. From these questions, planners and teachers can reflect on the answers to design a curriculum that is most effective for their student