Standards and Curriculum Development

Catalog description

This course examines the nature and roles of standards, standards-based learning, curriculum and instructional design. Emphasis is on identifying how standards support and inform student learning, the relationship between curriculum and classroom instruction, and the focus of the teacher in planning and designing effective learning experiences. An additional theme of the course is the teacher's crucial role as designer, producer, consumer and reviewer of curriculum and instruction. Through critical analysis and coursework, participants analyze and apply these understandings to their teaching context to document their emerging expertise.