MED 609 Integrating Curriculum. Students review designs of quality work including standards-driven instruction, ten essential elements of quality work, and the integration of content to strengthen transfer of knowledge, and a framework for designing both integrated work and interdisciplinary work. Students create original work for learners which includes a product focus, learn and compelling product standards, opportunities for affiliation and affirmation, novelty and variety, choice, freedom from initial failure, and authenticity. A variety of performance-based and alternative assessment strategies will be included in the framework for curriculum integration. MED 610 Curriculum Development.
Students examine planned educational change viewed through curriculum decision-making.
Theoretically derived alternatives are evaluated in terms of implementation and assessment within particular instructional environments. MED 611 Instructional Strategies. Students identify, analyze, compare, and justify approaches to creating viable learning environments that successfully serve the needs of diverse learner populations. MED 612 Middle School Strategies. Students review the elements of high performing middle schools and the characteristics of the young adolescent.