Teaching Today: An Introduction to Education 7 th edition Part 3: Teaching and Assessing Chapter 7: The Curriculum Armstrong, Henson, & Savage Teaching Today, 7 th Edition Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 7-1

Curriculum... a track for running. Curriculum decisions relate to: Selecting content Establishing priorities of what is to be taught Identifying ways to facilitate learning Armstrong, Henson, & Savage Teaching Today, 7 th Edition Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 7-3

What is the difference between curriculum and instruction? Curriculum— characteristics of an overall plan of learning Instruction—specific means of achieving these plans Armstrong, Henson, & Savage Teaching Today, 7 th Edition Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 7-4

High-Stakes Testing What is your response to the question of using one criterion, performance on a test, for making promotion and graduation decisions? It seems clear that these types of tests are determining the curriculum of the schools. What do you see as the possible problems with that approach? Armstrong, Henson, & Savage Teaching Today, 7 th Edition Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 7-5

High-Stakes Testing (cont.) What are some of the issues surrounding the use of high-stakes tests that are not discussed in this video segment? LINK: How does the debate regarding high-stakes testing relate to other factors such as equal educational opportunities and labeling of students? Armstrong, Henson, & Savage Teaching Today, 7 th Edition Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 7-6

Should we... continue to implement high- stakes testing? continue to mandate state curriculum standards? Armstrong, Henson, & Savage Teaching Today, 7 th Edition Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 7-7

What do you think? Which teaching assignment do you prefer? School OneSchool Two 1 American HistoryChallenges of Citizenship 2 American HistoryChallenges of Citizenship 3 World History(planning period) 4 Militarism and Democracy 5 World HistoryEnvironmental Challenges 6 World GeographyMilitarism and Democracy Armstrong, Henson, & Savage Teaching Today, 7 th Edition Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 7-8

What do you think? (cont.) For which teaching assignment do you have the better college or university preparation? Why do you think so? In which situation do you think you would experience the most difficulty in locating appropriate instructional materials? Why? How do you think learners would react to the courses in the two schools? Armstrong, Henson, & Savage Teaching Today, 7 th Edition Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 7-9

Curriculum Orientations Learner-Centered Curricula Needs-of-Society Curricula Academic-Subjects Curricula Armstrong, Henson, & Savage Teaching Today, 7 th Edition Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 7-10

Other Curriculum Considerations The Inner Curriculum... learning that occurs within individuals as they process new information in light of their own past experiences. The Hidden Curriculum... all those things in the school setting that send messages regarding what students ought to be doing and thinking. Armstrong, Henson, & Savage Teaching Today, 7 th Edition Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 7-11

Patterns in Schools— When were you taught these? ReadingGeometryGovernmentChemistry TechnologyGeneral MathPhysicsLanguage Arts BiologyMusicSocial StudiesAlgebra Physical Education General ScienceForeign Language Health EconomicsFine Arts Armstrong, Henson, & Savage Teaching Today, 7 th Edition Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 7-12

“The point of school curriculum is to goad us into caring for ourselves and our fellow human beings, to help us think and act with intelligence, sensitivity, and courage in both the public sphere—as citizens aspiring to establish a democratic society—and in the private sphere, as individuals committed to other individuals.” (Pinar, Reynolds, Slattery and Taubman, 1995) Armstrong, Henson, & Savage Teaching Today, 7 th Edition Copyright ©2005 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. 7-13