Curriculum studies

General data

Course ID:	2300-GPTE-CM4-CS
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	Curriculum studies
Name in Polish:	CM4 - Curriculum studies
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Education
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Short description:	Course Aims/Cele kursu: To gain insight into the concepts of curriculum and develop an understanding of the issues that impact upon educational practices To analyze and initiate developing curriculum, and associated instructional practices and organizational structures, that will help eliminate race, sex, and class barriers to learning
Full description:	Curriculum Studies includes, but is not limited to investigations into: teacher education, the social construction or knowledge, curriculum and instructional discourses, and the role of curriculum and curricular reform in different learning environments. Students learn about issues of planning and development, program implementation and evaluation, and pre-service teacher education. Inquiry in the field is multidisciplinary and includes numerous perspectives and orientations: variety of learning theories, national curriculums in different countries. Course Objectives/ cele szczególowe • To analyze theoretical frameworks that underlie the methods used for curriculum development. • To evaluate ideas of major theorists and their designs for developing curriculum. • To define a meaning of curriculum in terms of its expressed, hidden, and emerging aspects. • To screen selected objectives through examining various philosophies of education and learning theories. • To analyze the connections among curriculum, educational environment, and learning. • To assess individual, instructional, institutional, and societal needs. • To analyze the influence of internal and external conditions on human behavior. • To identify the advantages and disadvantages of planned change.

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