Curriculum, Standards, & Assessment Ms. Tracy

Bell Ringer What do you think the root causes are in low-performing schools? Log-on to the computers and go to: www.jaymetracy.wordpress.com Click Principles of Teaching Click “Lesson Plans and Activities for the Week of October 6th…..” Open the PowerPoint entitled, “Curriculum, Standards, and Assessments”

Agenda Discuss “Waiting for Superman” Discuss visible curriculum View sample curriculum maps Discuss “Curriculum Differences” assignment Complete “Curriculum Differences”

Learning Objectives I can determine what formal curriculum is taught in schools. I can analyze how the invisible curriculum influences learning. I can describe how forces shape school curriculum. I can explain how technology has affected the curriculum. I can explain how textbook publishers and state adoption committees “drive” the curriculum.

What is curriculum? Think about the word curriculum. In your own words, write down what curriculum means to you. Create a picture in your mind of curriculum. What does curriculum look like? Draw a picture.

Categories of Curriculum Visible curriculum Hidden (Invisible) curriculum Extracurriculum

Visible (Formal or Explicit) Curriculum The curriculum found in the textbooks, curriculum guides, courses of study, and other formal educational experiences. The explicit curriculum includes everything teachers are expected to teach, learners are expected to learn, and what schools are held accountable for. In Kentucky, these documents are the program of studies for each class, the core content for assessment, and academic expectations.

CURRICULAR TIME LINE TIME EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY FOCUS OF CURRICULUM Seventeenth Century “Two Rs” Secondary education for males only; reading and religion Eighteenth Century Life in the present Reading, religion, morality, writing, and arithmetic; vocational skills; academy open to females Nineteenth Century Secular education Secondary education in Latin or English curriculum Early Twentieth Century Progressive education Creative expression; junior high school developed; secondary education for all students

CURRICULAR TIME LINE (continued) EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY FOCUS OF CURRICULUM 1940s-1960s Discipline-oriented Congress funded programs in science, math, languages, and guidance 1960s-1970s Social concern and humanistic education Gender-based courses; multiethnic curricula 1980s Back to basics Academic subjects emphasized; increased discipline; elimination of electives; competency exams 1990s Widening of the core curriculum Expansion of the core curriculum to include more people of color and women Today Common Core Standards College and career readiness.

Curriculum Maps

Curriculum Maps

Curriculum Differences Log-on to Edmodo. Select the small group “Curriculum, Standards, and Assessment” Open the document entitled “Curriculum Differences”. Visit the corresponding websites to research how curriculum varies district by district and state by state!