This week’s blog prompt asks us to think about what we know in regards to curriculum development. The prompt asks us to write about how we think school curricula are developed. Before: Prior to reading this article what I know about how school curricula are developed is a somewhat basic understanding. Curricula is developed in … More Curriculum Development (Before and After)
In Chapters 11 and 12 of Educational Psychology we look at the idea of socio-emotional development and motivation. In Chapter 11 we look at social cognitive theory and its implications in the theory of modelling. Chapter 11 also introduces us to concepts of self-efficacy and agency. In Chapter 12 we examine the difference between in … More Socio-emotional Development and Motivation
“The arts, it has been said, cannot change the world, but they may change human beings who might change the world.” – Maxine Greene This week we began to look at reconceptualists in curriculum theory. During which I was introduced to Maxine Greene. Greene is a respected educator and philosopher. She has a doctorate in education, … More Art cannot change the world…
In this week’s reading for ECS 210 we take a look at curriculum development from a traditional theorist point of view. In my response to this week’s reading I will focus on the Tyler Rationale as it is presented in In Understanding and shaping curriculum: What we teach and why by Thomas Hewitt. According to Hewitt … More The Tyler Rationale- Systematic Approaches to Curriculum and The Learner
In Chapter Three of Educational Psychology (Woolfolk, Winne, Perry, 2016) we take a look at the process of development for humans and in Chapter Eight we examine concepts surrounding knowledge and memory. Although at first glance these two subjects may not seem directly correlated there is a link between the physical development of the brain and … More Development, Knowledge and Memory
