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Curriculum Design Steve Cornwell Fall 2006

This course provides an overview of curriculum design for third-year communications students. Students will read assigned articles, summarize main points, outline main areas of curriculum design, and identify areas needing clarification.

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Curriculum Design Steve Cornwell Fall 2006

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  1. Curriculum DesignSteve CornwellFall 2006 Tuesday 2:00 – 4:00 & Wednesday 9:00 – 11:00

  2. Curriculum Design Welcome to Curriculum Design, a third-year course for students concentrating in communications To get started I want us to get an overview of what curriculum design involves.

  3. Getting an Overview • Read the article assigned to your group • Summarize the article noting the main points • Make an outline of the main points to share with other students • Meet and decide what are the main areas of curriculum design • Make a list of question areas that need clarification

  4. Read the article assigned to your group • Each group will read one of the following articles: White, R. (1988). Chapter 3 Language curriculum: Values and options pp 24-43). The ELT curriculum: Design, Innovation and Management. Oxford: Blackwell. Brown, J. D. (1995). Chapter 1 Overview of curriculum (pp. 1-34). The elements of language curriculum: A systematic approach to program development. New York: Newbury House Teacher development. Graves, K. (1996). A framework of course development processes. In K. Graves (Ed.) Teachers as course developers (pp. 12-38). New York: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 2 Use the reading skills you learned in Topic Reading!

  5. Summarize the article noting the main points To write a good summary, you must understand the reading. 1. Skimthe text noting any subheadings or else divide the text into sections. 2. Focus on the first and last paragraphs of each section where the author may state her purpose or summarize and present conclusions. 3. Read the text, highlighting important information by underlining key words and phrases. 4. In your own words, write down the main points of each section in one sentence or less. 5. Write down the key supporting points but do NOT include minor details. 6. Revise the first draft of your summary by repeating steps 1 to 4.

  6. Make an outline of the main points to share with other students In Academic Writing, we studied how to make outlines and you have used them in SRRI and II. Up to now we have used outlines primarily to help us write. However, they are also a good way to note the main points in a reading. If you want to review outlining, here is a good site:http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_outlin.html

  7. Decide what are the main areas of curriculum design Share your summaries and outlines in your group. • Look for points or areas that appear in all the articles. For example, needs analysis will appear in some form in all the articles. • Assign one person to be the recorder. She will write down the points or areas that come up. • Assign two people to be the reporters. They will use the recorder's notes to report back to the entire class.

  8. Make a list of question areas that need clarification • In your groups, make a list of questions that you still have about the overview of curriculum design • For homework, make an entry in your journal on: • Any questions, ask me or email me at cornwell@wilmina.ac.jp

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