Transcript Teaching Today: An Introduction to Education 7th edition

Teaching Today:
An Introduction to Education
7th edition
Part 3: Teaching and Assessing
Chapter 7: The Curriculum
Armstrong, Henson, & Savage
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Curriculum . . .
a track for running.
Curriculum decisions relate to:
 Selecting content
 Establishing priorities of what is to be
taught
 Identifying ways to facilitate learning
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What is the difference between
curriculum and instruction?
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Curriculum—
characteristics of an
overall plan of
learning
Instruction—specific
means of achieving
these plans
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High-Stakes Testing
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What is your response to the question of
using one criterion, performance on a test,
for making promotion and graduation
decisions?
It seems clear that these types of tests are
determining the curriculum of the schools.
What do you see as the possible problems
with that approach?
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High-Stakes Testing (cont.)
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What are some of the issues
surrounding the use of high-stakes tests
that are not discussed in this video
segment?
LINK: How does the debate regarding
high-stakes testing relate to other
factors such as equal educational
opportunities and labeling of students?
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Should we . . .
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continue to
implement highstakes testing?
continue to
mandate state
curriculum
standards?
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What do you think?
Which teaching assignment do you prefer?
School One
School Two
1 American History
Challenges of Citizenship
2 American History
Challenges of Citizenship
3 World History
4 (planning period)
(planning period)
5 World History
Environmental Challenges
6 World Geography
Militarism and Democracy
Militarism and Democracy
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What do you think? (cont.)
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For which teaching assignment do you have
the better college or university preparation?
Why do you think so?
In which situation do you think you would
experience the most difficulty in locating
appropriate instructional materials? Why?
How do you think learners would react to the
courses in the two schools?
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Curriculum Orientations
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Learner-Centered
Curricula
Needs-of-Society
Curricula
Academic-Subjects
Curricula
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Other Curriculum
Considerations
The Inner
Curriculum . . .
 learning that occurs
within individuals as
they process new
information in light
of their own past
experiences.
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The Hidden
Curriculum . . .
 all those things in
the school setting
that send messages
regarding what
students ought to be
doing and thinking.
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Patterns in Schools—
When were you taught these?
Reading
Geometry
Government
Chemistry
Technology
General Math
Physics
Language
Arts
Biology
Music
Social Studies
Algebra
Physical
Education
General Science Foreign
Language
Economics
Fine Arts
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“The point of school
curriculum is to . . .
. . . goad us into caring for ourselves and
our fellow human beings, to help us think
and act with intelligence, sensitivity, and
courage in both the public sphere—as
citizens aspiring to establish a democratic
society—and in the private sphere, as
individuals committed to other individuals.”
(Pinar, Reynolds, Slattery and Taubman, 1995)
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