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This course will be taught completely on the web. There
will be no synchronous sessions or face-to-face meetings.
A detailed syllabus and listing of assignment will be available
one week before the second summer semester begins.
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- Course
Description
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- This course, Curriculum Development, one of the Department
of Teaching, Learning and Culture's core master's degree courses,
is designed for Master's level students and therefore attempts
to provide necessary content knowledge for the Master's of Education
degree awarded by the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture.
Students in other programs may enroll in this course to meet
other programatic needs. According to the Graduate Catalog,
this course focuses on issues of curriculum development; the
bases of curriculum design; problems of balance, scope, organization,
sequence, selection and articulation of materials for use in
the public school.
The philosophical orientation of this course is one of constructivism
and social reconstruction, two philosophies which have been seen
in the public schools now and again.
I do not expect students to agree with or adopt the position
of the textbook author but I do expect them to reflect on their
practice in light of the position taken by the author.
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- Course
Objectives
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- At the end of this course, students will be able to
- explain and critique sociological, political, and legal factors
which influence curriculum in public schools today;
- make informed decisions about curriculum materials used in
classrooms; and
- recommend changes to materials found in classrooms to promote
equity and fairness in the education of all students
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- Textbook
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- Hlebowitsh, Peter. S. Designing the School Curriculum.
Boston: Pearson Education, 2005. Available on-line and at
bookstore on TAMU Campus.
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- Software Needed for Course
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- This course is being taught using Blackboard Vista. To access
this course, go to the following url http://elearning.tamu.edu
and click on the button labelled TAMU. You will need your NEO
ID and your NEO password to access the course.
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