Chapter 15: Curriculum Products “By the fruits ye shall know them.” Terra Trull Forest Jones Gretchen Henning Steve Sizemore Donna Lee Diana Rayburn

List all of the curriculum products you can think of

Chapter Objectives Construct a curriculum guide Construct a resource guide Identify sources of curriculum materials

“Unfortunately, some curriculum developers view the creation of products as the final rather than the intermediate phase of curriculum improvement. The products are meant to be put into practice, tried out, revised, tried again, revised again, and so on.” pg578

Curriculum Products Chapter 6 – statements of philosophy, aims of education Chapter 7 – needs assessment surveys/reports Chapter 8 –curriculum goals/obj Chapter 10 – instructional goals/obj. Chapter 11- units and lesson plans Chapter 12 – instruments for evaluating instruction Chapter 13 – instruments for evaluating the curriculum

Curriculum Guides, Courses of Study, and Syllabi Curriculum Guide – a teaching aid with helpful suggestions; specifies minimal objectives that students must master in the discipline Course of Study – a detailed plan for a single course including text materials (content) Syllabi – outline of topics to be covered in a single course or grade level

Curriculum Guide Format 1.Introduction – title, subject, grade level 2.Instructional Goals – relates to school’s curriculum goals/obj. 3.Instructional Objectives – meets cognitive (mental processes); affective (emotional processes); psychomotor (perceptual motor skills) 4.Learning Activities – experiences 5.Evaluation Techniques – assessment 6.Resources – human (expertise), material (audio/visual aids)

Curriculum Guide Format Sequencing Format – identifies objectives to be introduced/developed/mastered/ reinforced/extended at each grade level reinforced/extended at each grade level Test-Coding Format – identifies origin of each objective

Resource Unit Resource Unit – an arrangement of materials and activities around a particular topic or problem that will aid the teacher (Format is the same as a curriculum guide)

Sources of Curriculum Materials Curriculum libraries of colleges and universities, particularly those of schools and departments of education Curriculum centers of the public schools systems Teacher education centers Offices of curriculum consultants State departments of education Regional educational service agencies

End of Text Now that the class has finished summarizing the textbook, what is the definition of curriculum?

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