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301190 (v.2) Ed 247 - Social and Cultural Contexts in Curriculum Development


Area: Department of Education
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 301180 (v.2) Ed 129 - Introduction to Curriculum or any previous version
AND
301185 (v.2) Ed 242 - Curriculum Planning Processes or any previous version
 
Syllabus: An examination of the social and cultural factors which impact on curriculum design and development. Core principles and values in the Western Australian Curriculum Framework and learning areas. Comparative education practices in curriculum development. Gender ethnicity and equity issues in curriculum decision-making. Curriculum design and development for children with special needs. Evaluating learning outcomes.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 
Field of Education: 070300 Curriculum and Education Studies (Narrow Grouping)
Funding Cluster: 11 - Education
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

 
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