Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Summer 2023 - EDUC 471 D100

Curriculum Development: Theory and Practice (4)

Class Number: 4427

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Location: TBA

  • Prerequisites:

    60 units.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Explorations of curriculum theory and processes of development with applications at different levels and in several subject areas.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course will use research, theory, and practice to encourage you to develop a better understanding of your learners, yourselves, and your community. In this course, we will collaborate and co-construct student-centred curriculum and assessment. The learning we will engaged in is premised on recognizing and developing your own values, beliefs and worldview in your personal and professional lives. As such, you will work towards developing and maintaining your pedagogical integrity in creating curriculum for your students.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

  • The integration of curriculum and assessment leads to more effective, enduring and transferable learning.
  • Assessment should drive instruction and is an essential tool for, as and of learning.
  • Teachers must address the diversity of learners and provide opportunities for students to acquire and express their learning in a variety of ways.
  • Engaging in reflective practice results in a better understanding of oneself as an educator.
  • To develop and maintain personalized pedagogy and to affect positive change, teachers engage in professional inquiry.
Course Outcomes:
  1. Formulate a pedagogy, informed by scholarly research, that synthesizes understanding of community-based, assessment-driven and learner-centred teaching
  2. Integrate course curriculum with assessment and chosen pedagogy   
  3. Engage with place and community in formulating and creating curriculum
  4. Engage in inquiry process to further professional growth
  5. Acknowledge and understand place as a part of Reconciliation
  6.  

Grading

  • Weekly Assignments 15%
  • Long Range Planning Map 30%
  • Placed Based Learning 30%
  • Professional Inquiry 25%

NOTES:

Course Times & Location:
 May 8 - June 19

Mondays 1:00-3:00 - Fort St John Room TBA
Wednesdays 1:00-3:00 Dawson Creek Room TBA
Fridays 9:30-3:00 Fort St John Room TBA

Writing Expectations:

All writing must demonstrate English language proficiency and will be assessed for grammar, mechanics, usage and style.  Please remember that your writing is a model for children and should be clear, relevant and concise.  You are encouraged to ask your peers for feedback/support with written expression and editing

Attendance & Participation:

This constitutes not only attending class in person, but also the engaged presence that you bring to class.  It is expected that you have engaged, critiqued, and reflected upon assigned readings and are able to discuss them during class.      

REQUIREMENTS:

SFU Online Access: Wearing, J., Ingersoll, M., DeLuca, C., Bolden, B., Ogden, H., & Christou, T. M. (Eds.). (2020).Key Concepts in Curriculum Studies: Perspectives on the Fundamentals. Routledge

You will likely need to choose and purchase a text to guide your professional inquiry
Other readings will be available on Canvas

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

SFU Online Access: Wearing, J., Ingersoll, M., DeLuca, C., Bolden, B., Ogden, H., & Christou, T. M. (Eds.). (2020). Key Concepts in Curriculum Studies: Perspectives on the Fundamentals. Routledge

  • You will likely need to choose and purchase a text to guide your professional inquiry
  • Additional readings provided on Canvas

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

SFU’s Academic Integrity website http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the university community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the university. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the university. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the semester are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.