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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 TypeTitleResource RequirementAuthor and YearPublisher
ReadingsAustralia's curriculum dilemmas: state cultures and the big issues,RecommendedYates, L., Collins, C. and O'Connor, K., (2011)MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS
ReadingsCurriculum construction,RecommendedBrady, L. and Kennedy, K., (2010)4TH EDN, PEARSON
ReadingsKey concepts for understanding curriculum,RecommendedMarsh, C., (2010)4TH EDN, ROUTLEDGE
ReadingsTraining in Australia,RecommendedTovey, M. and Lawlor, D. (2008)3RD EDN, PEARSON EDUCATION

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Start date between: and    Key dates

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 elementComments%
One 4000-word assignment50
folio of curriculum issues (2500-words equivalent)30
one presentation (1000-words equivalent)20