Module 3 (EDUC7004) Curriculum Design & Evaluation - OVERVIEW

Module 1: Frameworks for Curriculum

• What is Curriculum
• The Purpose of Curriculum
• The Teaching, Learning, Assessment, Research and Evaluation Nexus
• The Question of a Core Curriculum

Module 2: Models for Curriculum Design

• Tyler, Taba, Wheeler, Walker, Backwards Design Models
• Intended, Achieved and Hidden Curriculum

Module 3: The Learner

• Metacognition and Reflection
• Social and Behavioral Sciences - Work of Piaget and Vygotsky
• Cognitive Load Theory
• Cognitive Neuroscience and Neutral Networks

Module 4: Learning and Teaching

• Modeling Learning and Development
• The New Bloom Taxonomy

Module 5: Learning and Teaching (cont'd)

• Pedagogy and Curriculum: New Learning

Module 6: Assessment

• The Solo Taxonomy

Module 7: Measurement

• Assessing your assessment

Module 8: Models for Curriculum Evaluation

Module 9-11: Presentations

Module 12: Reflection on a Changing Education

• Rethinking the Design, Development and Evaluation of Curricula
• Design and Implementation of Innovations
• Research Into the Teaching, Learning, Assessment and Evaluation Nexus