1. Unit 4: National expectations in a local setting
The Year of the Curriculum
How shall we organise learning?
The programme consists of four modules, each with two units:
What are we trying to achieve?
How shall we organise learning?
How shall we evaluate success?
How do we make it happen?
Module 2
Unit 4: National expectations in a local setting
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Welcome to Unit 4.
Did you do your homework? It was to take an element of the Programme of Study or syllabus you are going to teach this term, and design a learning experience linking it to the list of competencies.
Do you want to share it? You can do so at
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3. We shall be looking now at how to build on these.
Do you remember these images from Unit 3? And do you remember what they were about?
We shall be looking now at how to build on these.
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4. Meeting national expectations in a local setting
Unit 4
Meeting national expectations in a local setting
In this unit we shall look at three aspects of this:
How we can build on the notion of ‘leaves’ and ‘roots’ to refine curriculum design
How we can personalise learning (and why we might want to do so)
How learning can be enhanced by placing it in a local setting
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5. All will be revealed as you read on.
As usual, we shall be looking at what some people have written about this. Do you recognise any of these people?
All will be revealed as you read on.
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