Area: | Science and Mathematics Education Centre |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | A critical reflection on images of science and mathematics curriculum development. Topics include curriculum history in context, major curriculum constraints and outcomes based education. External students may participate in on-line learning via the Internet, and use e-mail to interact with lecturers and submit assignments. |
| |
Unit Outcomes: | Sound understanding of the concept of metaphor and its application to curricula, the social and political framing of curricula, the derivation and different types of outcomes based education. Critical reflection on your own curriculum practice. Imaginative thinking about your own curriculum practice. Successful engagement in a community of reflective inquiry (online & classroom modes only). |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Lakoff, G. & Johnson, M. 1980. Metaphors we live by. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Slattery, P. 1995. Curriculum development in the postmodern era. New York: Garland. Grundy, S. 1987. Curriculum: Product or praxis? Philadelphia, PA: The Falmer Press. Doll, W. E. JR., & Gough, N. Eds, 2002.Curriculum visions. New York, NY: Peter Lang. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed text |
| |
Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Print and post mode: 3 written assignments, Online mode: discussion (50%); final assignment (50%), Face to face mode: presentations & discussion (50%); final assignment (50%). In all modes the student must complete successfully each assessable component (i.e., 50% minimum). |
Field of Education: | 70300 Curriculum and Education Studies (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
|
Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
|
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | Y |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
|
