Judging the Impact of your Curriculum
Chris will guide you through a series of evaluation activities which will allow you to substantiate your answers to the following questions: How effective is your curriculum? and How do you know?
This course is a recording of a live webinar
Overview:
Chris will help you to answer these questions regarding the three versions of the curriculum:
- The intended curriculum
- The enacted curriculum
- The learnt curriculum
Learn about:
For the intended curriculum:
- How clear are your general aims?
- How well-specified is the disciplinary and substantive knowledge students should remember in each subject?
For the enacted curriculum:
- How well enacted is your curriculum in relation to the intended curriculum?
- How well-developed are evidence-informed teaching methods?
- Do learning activities support the retention of knowledge?
For the learnt curriculum:
- What do lesson observations tell you about the impact of your intended curriculum?
- What can be discovered through workbook scrutiny?
- How should we conduct discussions with students?
- What extra information can we gain by talking to staff?
Advance your understanding of:
- Lesson observations
- Workbook scrutiny
- Discussions with students
- Discussions with staff
Take away:
- A clear framework for judging the impact of your curriculum
- Examples from a range of subjects