Module Information
Course Delivery
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Assignment 1 2000 Words | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | Assignment 2 2000 Words | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Assignment 2 New assignment questions will be given. All failed elements of the assessment must be retaken 2000 Words | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Assignment 1 New assignment questions will be given. All failed elements of the assessment must be retaken. 2000 Words | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Critically evaluate concepts that inform debate on curriculum planning, and delivery.
Critically reflect and analyse curricular experiences in relation to underlying theory.
Critically compare the National Curricula in England and Wales, and curricular approaches internationally.
Demonstrate critical engagement with relevant sources.
Brief description
This module offers an introduction to curriculum planning and practice, and the ways in which these have been applied in the development of the National Curriculum in England, Wales, and beyond, allowing students to understand the underlying principles an issues that inform curriculum in a domestic and international context.
Content
- What is Curriculum?
- Underlying ideologies, theories and philosophy of curricula
- Reflection on Experiences of Curriculum (issues in education and broader considerations)
- Building towards the National Curriculum – historical background to policies in education up to 1988
- The National Curriculum (England), a historical overview from 1988 to separation and beyond
- Cwricwlwm Cymreig & Curriculum for Wales 2022
- Evaluating subjects in the National Curriculum of England and Areas of Learning and Experience in the Curriculum for Wales
- Global Perspectives on the Curriculum
- Curriculum for the Early Years
- Accountability: checks and balances in education
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | Occasional descriptive statistics in lectures and sources. |
| Communication | Communication techniques are a vital element throughout lectures and seminars. Spoken communication throughout seminar activities. Written communication throughout written assessments. |
| Critical and analytical thinking | Students will be critically analysing the curriculum arrangement as well as their own curricular experiences. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Feedback from the written assignment and personal reflection during seminar tasks encourage improved performance. |
| Information Technology | Written assignments should be word-processed. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Not developed in this module. |
| Problem solving | An essential element in the process of critical assessment. |
| Reflection | Students will be required to reflect and critically evaluate their own curricular experiences in relation to the academic literature. |
| Research skills | Research is required for the main assessments and some of the seminar tasks. |
| Team work | Seminar activities provide many opportunities for team work, including group presentations and debates. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5