n n v o e iv t a Making learning happen
By Ndumiso Nsingo
Aims
The word Curriculum originates from Latin, ‘Currere’ and can be interpreted as a course for racing or a course to be run
This presentation will;
Rationale for changing the curriculum
Thought process
How I aim to implement the changes
Curriculum Design
Subject specialism
BTEC level 3 Electrical and Electronic Principles
Mandatory unit
It has both Practical and theory Component
I have good experience teaching the unit
Science based unit – with a lot of mathematics
Curriculum Design
Why the Change?? Fatima
Curriculum Design (Feedback)
How would you design the curriculum to be inclusive for Fatima
Inclusive curriculum practice
Inclusive practice can be seen as a process of developing, designing and restructuring study programmes to maximise access to the curriculum by all students.
Untrue Facts
Not all visually impaired learners access or prefer to access information in Braille
Not all engineers are male, Esther Marley Conwell
Not all learners with dyslexia will read better from a coloured paper Inclusive curriculum practice
I will aim to build an inclusive curriculum by;
Identify barriers that would limit learners from achieving the core requirements
Time, Teaching and learning, Assessment, Diversity
Minimise or rather remove the barriers that would impede access to the curriculum.
Effective use of ICT, Review assessment methods, Delivery methods
Adaptable ….
Design for Innovation
For learning to occur, the learners should make the commitment to learn
Akinsola (2007)
Content delivery is less important than the skill of making sense of the content
Kanter (2011)
Design for Innovation
For my curriculum design I will consider;
Techniques
variety is the spice of life
Balance
Think about how to balance content delivery and Sense making of the content - Interactions , directed questions
ICT & Embedding
Use of social media i.e. Blogs, wikis, Facebook to enhance the learning environment
Curriculum Theories & Models
Curriculum as a product
Based his model on 4
