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unit 7: Inclusive Curriculum and Assessment

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 Refection                                                                Inclusive Curriculum   Unit seven was the final unit for this curriculum module. This unit is about inclusive curriculum and assessment. Our tutor first made us choose activities that best suite our learning style and assigned us some tasks. After the activity, she introduced us to the main topic of this unit. From her strategy, I learned that this is how we must cater the needs of each student as a teacher. To meet the needs of today's diverse learners, it is critical to have an inclusive classroom and an inclusive education. With inclusive education in the school, students with special needs will have more opportunities and equal rights in their education. This also helps them avoid being dependent on others and allows them to stand on their o...

Unit 6: Curriculum Design

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  Reflection Curriculum design is used to describe the purposeful, deliberate, and systematic organization of curriculum within class or course. It talks about relationship among curriculum’s components.  In my opinion, it guides teachers on what to teach, how to teach, when to teach, and the impact of teaching particular content. Under this unit we have three designs such as subject centered design, learner centered design, and problem centered design. Under each design we have three sub-designs. For this particular unit, we worked in groups and did gallery work through poster presentation. From the three main designs, I loved the learner centered design more because it places emphasis on learners. Learners are given freedom to choose what they wish to learn as per their interests rather than curriculum forcing what they must learn. when students are given freedom to learn through their interests, they learn better. However, problem centered design is also applicable in this ...

Unit 5: Elements of Curriculum

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 Reflection According to Tyler, it is critical as part of a comprehensive theory of organization to demonstrate which curriculum elements will serve adequately as organizing elements. The proper coordination of curriculum elements would ensure the success of a curriculum. The four main components of curriculum are aims, goals, objectives, and learning outcomes. From this unit, I have learnt that these four elements function as a guiding principle for teachers while developing their lesson plan. Within those elements are the three domains which we need to bear in mind: cognitive, psychomotor and affective domain. We as a teacher must keep these things in mind while catering the needs of each student. We learnt about these three domains in first semester in our teaching pedagogy module while planning lessons for micro-teaching, however, I did not know that it’s part of curriculum elements.

Unit 4: Curriculum Development Models

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  After learning about curriculum foundations and the factors that influence the development of curriculum, we talked about models of curriculum. It described various curriculum design models such as the objective model, process model, Tyler's model, Wheeler's model, Walker’s model, and Kerr's model in relation to designing curriculum for a school. The lessons were delivered through group presentation, which made us go through each model thoroughly. This activity helped us to learn more about models and increased social learning skills as there was cross-pollination of ideas among us.  For me, Kerr’s model of curriculum design is the most applicable, which is an improved version of Wheeler's and Tyler's model. Any curriculum created using this model depicts four domains: objective, knowledge, evaluation, and school learning experiences. Unlike in many other models, the four domains of curriculum development mentioned above are interconnected. This concept piqued m...