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Introduction
The process of analysis will reveal that curricula are by necessity always incomplete and imperfect—everything that is included (topic, activity, question, component, material, assessment, etc.) means that something else has been excluded. This being the case, students will suggest refinements to the curriculum they have analysed, based on their understanding of the needs. This course is an introduction to curriculum development. The underlying framework for the course is that curriculum building is a process that requires ongoing study and reflection about curriculum and the practice of teaching.
Central and perennial curriculum questions explored are: What knowledge is of most value and worth? How is the learner and learning viewed? What is the role of teachers in creating and enacting curriculum?
The process of analysis will reveal that curricula are by necessity always incomplete and imperfect- everything that is included (topic, activity, question, component, material, assessment, etc.) means that something else has been excluded. This being the case, students will suggest refinements to the curriculum they have analysed, based on their understanding of the needs of learners, the sociopolitical milieu, and the moral and ethical dimensions of schooling.
This course is part of:
- Graduate Certificate in Curriculum and Teaching
- FlexiMasters in Curriculum and Teaching
Learners must complete the following courses to attain the Graduate Certificate in Curriculum and Teaching (12 AU):
- MCT902 Crafting the Curriculum
- MCT921 Theory and Practice of Authentic Assessment
- One of the following electives:
- MCT904 Understanding Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice
- MCT912 Curriculum and Programme Evaluation
- MCT913 Differentiating Curriculum and Teaching for Diverse Learners
- MCT935 New Media and 21st Century Learning
Upon completion of the fourth course, learners will fulfil the AU requirements to attain the FlexiMasters in Curriculum and Teaching (16 AU).
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- Understand what responsive curriculum design and development involves.
- Analyse curriculum designs in context, using multiple theoretical lenses and from the perspectives of diverse stakeholders.
- Propose a contextualised curriculum design for addressing: (i) gaps in an existing curriculum, (ii) need for new curriculum, or, (iii) need for new relations between curricula, and, suggest how the proposed curriculum design can be developed with reference to those who will be most affected by it.
The following topics will be explored:
- Curriculum Decisions: What is involved in curriculum making?
- Visions of curriculum: Approaches to curriculum-making, orientations and conceptualizations of the “educated” person
- Complexities and considerations: olearners and learningodisciplinary ways of thinking and subject matteroteachers and teaching oassessment and evaluation ointeracting contextual layers
Standard Course Fee: S$4,490.80
SSG Funding Support | Course fee | Course fee payable after SSG funding, if eligible under various schemes | |
BEFORE funding & GST | AFTER funding & 9% GST | ||
Singapore Citizens (SCs) and Permanent Residents (PRs) (Up to 70% funding) | S$4,120.00 | S$1,347.24 | |
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS) | S$523.24 | ||
SCs aged ≥ 40 years old | |||
- Standard course fee is inclusive of GST.
- NTU/NIE alumni may utilise their $1,600 Alumni Course Credits. Click here for more information.
| COURSE TITLE | ACADEMIC UNIT |
| MCT904 Understanding Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice | 4 |
| MCT912 Curriculum and Program Evaluation* | 4 |
| MCT913 Differentiating Curriculum and Teaching for Diverse Learners | 4 |
| MCT921 Theory and Practice of Authentic Assessment* | 4 |
| MCT935 New Media and 21st Century Learning* | 4 |
Listed courses are:
- Credit-bearing and stackable to Graduate Certificate in Curriculum and Teaching (total 12AUs) and FlexiMasters in Curriculum and Teaching (total 16AUs)
*SSG funded and SkillsFuture Credit approved
