Reflection on Week 1

Topic 1: Foundations and Domains of Curriculum and Pedagogy

This is what my understanding about the topic...

The meaning of...

Curriculum

• All planning for the classroom.

• The “content” or “subject matter” of instruction (Philip Phenix, 1962)

• As content, as learning experiences, as behavioral objectives, as plan for instruction and as a nontechnical approach (Fred c. Lunenburg, International Journal of Scholarly Academic Intellectual Diversity, 2011)

Pedagogy

• The art of, science or profession of teaching.

• Teaching and learning strategies.

• Teacher-directed instruction.

Interpretations of Curriculum

• That which is taught in schools.

• A set of subjects.

• Content.

• A program of studies.

• A set of materials.

• A sequence of courses.A course of study.

• A set of performance objectives.

• Everything that goes on within the school,

• including extra-class activities, guidance, and interpersonal relationship.

• Everything that is planned by school personnel.

• A series of experiences undergo by learners in a school.

• That which an individual learner experiences as a result of schooling.

• An aggregate of courses of study in a school system.

Key features of new curriculum

• Emphasis on employability training

• Explicit teaching

• Implicit training

• Introduction of more common core technical modules and electives

• Introduction of project module

• Testing underlying concepts and employability skills

• Competence-based assessment

• Pedagogic model

Pedagogical Content Knowledge