Curriculum: Context, Change and Development (P00645)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : EDU-P-P00645

To examine curriculum differences and developments in terms of educational aims, traditions, values and processes.

To improve students' understanding of the curriculum of their own educational system and look at reasons for differences between curricula.

To enable students to set curriculum change in its social context and evaluate curriculum development in the light of theories about society, knowledge and learning.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Education, (The Moray House School of Education, Schedule C)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
18/09/2007	14:00	16:30	Room G37, Patersons Land	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

i) to understand and explain the contribution of particular models of leadership and change, including methodological and ideological aspects
ii) to relate this understanding to a specific context / project
iii) to understand governmental and international influences on educational change
iv) to relate the process of change to some key aspects of education (pedagogy, curriculum, school ethos, inclusion etc.)