This week’s topics
Foundations and Purposes of Curriculum Design
- Educational philosophies
- Socio-economic drivers
- Curriculum intent vs implementation
- Institutional alignment
- ADDIE Training Model: Design Stage
What you will be able to do
- 1.1 Analyse the purpose of curriculum design and development.
Activity
Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the purpose of curriculum design and development.
Study materials
Videos
- ADDIE Training Model: Design Stage · YouTube · Galton College · 30 min · for registered students
- Philosophy's influence on the school curriculum | Research for the Real World · YouTube · UCL Institute of Education · 33 min · for registered students
- Why do we need to focus on knowledge and the curriculum? | Research for the Real World · YouTube · UCL Institute of Education · 35 min · for registered students
- The knowledge-led curriculum in turbulent times | IOE Coffee Breaks · YouTube · UCL Institute of Education · 40 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Education inspection framework: overview of research (Ofsted, 2019) · PDF · GOV.UK, report; 55 pages · for registered students
- Educational Learning Theories, 3rd ed., ch. 13: Critical Pedagogy · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 310–336 · for registered students
- Integrated curriculum and financial planning (ICFP): basic principles (DfE) · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance; 10 pages · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
