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CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN
EDU4CDD
2014
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
This subject will require class members to collate and analyse a folio of curriculum issues drawn from current affairs. Some contexts and issues discussed include: what knowledge is most worthwhile in the modern world and how it can be encapsulated in curricula; global, national and local demands on the knowledge, skills, values and beliefs in curricula in different types of educational contexts; Topics include: contextual influences: conflicting pressures of societal, organisational and individual needs on curricula; models, theories, plans and resource frameworks used by curriculum planners; Overview of the VELS, VCE and VCAL curriculum frameworks; an introduction to everyday practices for planning, implementing, assessing and revising curricula.
FacultyFaculty of Education
Credit points30
Subject Co-ordinatorDamon Cartledge
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
PrerequisitesN/A
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
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Readings | Australia's curriculum dilemmas: state cultures and the big issues, | Recommended | Yates, L., Collins, C. and O'Connor, K., (2011) | MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Readings | Curriculum construction, | Recommended | Brady, L. and Kennedy, K., (2010) | 4TH EDN, PEARSON |
Readings | Key concepts for understanding curriculum, | Recommended | Marsh, C., (2010) | 4TH EDN, ROUTLEDGE |
Readings | Training in Australia, | Recommended | Tovey, M. and Lawlor, D. (2008) | 3RD EDN, PEARSON EDUCATION |
Subject options
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Melbourne, 2014, Week 30-39, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorDamon Cartledge
Class requirements
Lecture/WorkshopWeek: 30 - 39
Six 7.0 hours lecture/workshop per study period on weekends during the day from week 30 to week 39 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % |
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One 4000-word assignment | 50 | |
folio of curriculum issues (2500-words equivalent) | 30 | |
one presentation (1000-words equivalent) | 20 |