The primary curriculum design handbook
Subtitle: preparing our children for the 21st century
By: Brian Male
Publisher: Continuum International Pub. Group; Continuum
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781441125699
Subjects: Curricula; Curriculum planning; Elementary Education
Description: Schools across the world are struggling to balance the statutory requirements of a National Curriculum with their desire to provide the wide, engaging and exciting curriculum that they know children need. Concerns about standards often lead to a narrowing of the curriculum and many schools lack the confidence and approach to design that would enable them to resolve what seems like an impossible dilemma. In this authoritative yet engaging book, Brian Male looks at how schools can meet the requirements of a National Curriculum and yet be flexible enough to meet the needs, interests and concerns of pupils, to be rooted in their lives and localities and to give scope for teachers to use their own creativity. The Primary Curriculum Design Handbook is a practical guide on how to design a curriculum that will engage children's interest, excite their imaginations and at the same time provide them with the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to live successfully in the 21st Century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-216) and index.
Table of contents: title: Curriculum design; title: A 21st century curriculum?; title: The curriculum tree; title: How can we design a curriculum when we have to follow the national one?; title: The deep roots of learning; title: A canopy of leaves: the subject disciplines; title: How do key concepts and key skills impact on learning; title: Putting it all together: a framework of expectations; title: A creative curriculum; title: Making learning irresistible; title: National expectations in a local context; title: How will we know if we have been succesful; title: Keeping an overview: evaluation; title: Getting from here to there; title: Postscript: a world-class curriculum.