1 / 24

Ask yourself...

Ask yourself. Which of the materials we just used were intended to be used in science instruction? Magnets Static Refraction Sound Friction. Is this beautiful?. In ELED, is it OK to discuss. Beauty? Money? The environment? Hunting? Religion? Sex?. Is this beautiful?.

hong
Download Presentation

Ask yourself...

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Ask yourself... • Which of the materials we just used were intended to be used in science instruction? • Magnets • Static • Refraction • Sound • Friction

  2. Is this beautiful?

  3. In ELED, is it OK to discuss... Beauty? Money? The environment? Hunting? Religion? Sex?

  4. Is this beautiful?

  5. There is beauty in everything, but not everyone is capable of seeing it. Confucius

  6. Curriculum Potential There is curriculum in everything, but not everyone is capable of seeing it.

  7. Curriculum Potential • Curriculum materials embody the intentions of the developers imperfectly • More complex and comprehensive materials may yield a richer array of possible uses • It may be possible to use rather limited and standard materials and to create exciting and motivating experiences • It is possible to use materials that were not intended for teaching in creative ways to support curriculum

  8. Curriculum Interpretation • Teachers do not simply implement curriculum, they also interpret it • The “reading” of curriculum potential depends not only on the inherent qualities of the materials, but also, to a large extent, on the teachers’ interpretive abilities and on their professional imagination

  9. Explicit Curriculum • Intended learning outcomes • Also known as the formal curriculum or the officialcurriculum (although those terms do have slightly different implications.)

  10. Hidden Curriculum • Unintended learning outcomes • Also know as informal or implicit • There is a sense in the idea of the “hidden curriculum” that students are learning things that are not stated, but that they are held accountable for in informal ways • Based on what is considered “normal”, which brings in the concept of hegemony

  11. Hegemony • A situation in which one state or way of being/knowing predominates • Usually the hegemonic condition is an implicit part of a culture, going unstated and unrecognized because it is simply considered normal • Hegemony is usually promoted by the implicit messages presented in a culture

  12. Who are scientists?

  13. Null Curriculum • What is left out, either intentionally or unintentionally, from the curriculum • Decisions about what are included or not in a curriculum—what becomes the null curriculum—are always political, even when (especially when) they are unintentional

  14. Do we include it? Academy awards? The focus events of Argo? Maps? Reproduction – sex? The BP oil spill? Mental health?

  15. Politics • The ways social power is gained, given, taken, lost, denied, and used • Since “knowledge is power”, anything that contributes to or detracts from opportunities to learn is inherently political • Because curriculum construction affects opportunities to learn, it is a political act

  16. Ten In-Demand Jobs at 6 Figures 10. Lead Software Engineer: 9. IT Manager:8. Product Marketing Manager:7. Tax Manager:6. Pharmacist:5. Engineering Manager:4. Sales Director:3. Dentist:2. Physician:1. Psychiatrist: http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2013/02/06/six-figure-jobs-in-demand/

  17. Highest Paying Jobs U.S. Department of Labor

  18. Curriculum Potential • Curriculum interpretation gives insight into different levels of the curriculum—the explicit, hidden, and null curricula • Once different levels of the curriculum are recognized, the teacher can set out to implement, enhance, or augment the curriculum

More Related