CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN
EDU4CDD
Not currently offered
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.
School: Education (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 30
Subject Co-ordinator: Shem Macdonald
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: Workshop sessions on: defining curriculum, curriculum models and conceptions, roles and responsibilities, student centred learning, problem based approaches.
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
Training in Australia
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Tovey, M. and Lawlor, D.
Year: 2008
Edition/Volume: 3RD EDN
Publisher: PEARSON EDUCATION
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Australia's curriculum dilemmas: state cultures and the big issues
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Yates, L., Collins, C. and O'Connor, K.
Year: 2011
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS
ISBN: 9780522857726
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Key concepts for understanding curriculum
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Marsh, C.
Year: 2010
Edition/Volume: 4TH EDN
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
ISBN: 9780415465779
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Curriculum construction
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Brady, L. and Kennedy, K.
Year: 2010
Edition/Volume: 6TH
Publisher: PEARSON
ISBN: 9781488620249
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A