476-101 Curriculum & Assessment

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

476-100 Learning & Teaching.

Corequisites

460-102 School Experience & Practice Teaching 1T and Learning Area Studies.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Purposes and types of curriculum. Analysis of curriculum documents; investigation of changing models of curriculum design and the international trend towards outcomes-based curriculum planning. Developing and implementing curriculum that is based on understandings regarding individual development, effective learning, and purposeful teaching. Creating an inclusive and appropriate curriculum that is responsive to the needs of all learners and that fosters autonomous learning.

Purposes and types of assessment and reporting. The influence of assessment on and for productive learning. Feedback on, and recording and reporting of, student learning - issues and practices. Practical assessment and reporting approaches and strategies. The impact of international assessment and reporting trends on practices in local schools.

The links, interaction and tensions between learning, teaching, curriculum and assessment in schools. Evaluation of some current curriculum theories and practices in terms of the rationale and reality of learning, teaching and assessment.

Further refinement of practical teaching and communication skills - incorporating the use of innovative learning technologies - based on an enhanced understanding of the processes of learning, assessment and curriculum.

Integrating areas of knowledge and skill that underpin teachers' professional practice, in and out of the classroom.

Assessment

A series of assessment tasks totalling 4000 words.

Prescribed Texts

A book of readings will be prepared and available to students at cost. Alternative sources will be cited.