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Introduction
Contemporary deliberations about the school curriculum have tended to privilege other stakeholders and marginalize students. Unless teachers are able to take seriously what students already know and believe, any innovation in curriculum or pedagogy becomes futile. All students deserve rich learning experiences. This course is designed to encourage teachers and school leaders to examine their assumptions about curriculum, teaching and learning, and to develop a critical understanding of different student learning needs in the regular classroom.
Participants will gain an understanding of the reasons and assumptions underlying differentiation. Through the readings and discussion, participants will develop an appreciation of the diverse characteristics of students who learn at different pace as well as study a variety of curriculum options such as those of content and implementation of differentiated units and lessons that optimize learning for students.
This course will examine ways that classrooms can effectively differentiate curriculum and teaching to address the complex challenges of meeting the diverse learning needs of students. These will include notions of culturally responsive pedagogy, and the use of technology. Participants will learn to use research-based tools to uncover students’ experiences and challenges with the curriculum and use curriculum design models in planning appropriate and defensible differentiated curriculum units.
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).
By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
- Understand current issues in general education and special needs education, including major theories of intelligence and broad concepts of differentiation for students’ readiness, interests and learning profiles.
- Develop an awareness of personal beliefs about learner differences and exceptionality and the influence of these beliefs on teaching and learning.
- Use the clinical interview as a form of formative assessment to uncover and understand some of the deeper challenges concerning curriculum, teaching and learning,
- Plan for the learning needs of different groups of students through differentiation of content, teaching approaches and assessment tasks, as well as develop an awareness of culturally responsive pedagogy.
- Explore how technology can support differentiated instruction in mixed-ability classes.
Topics covered:
1. Issues in General and Special Needs Education
- Equity and Equality
- Personal beliefs
2. Understanding Diversity
- Understanding Intelligence and Learning
3. Differentiating Curriculum and Teaching
- Tomlinson’s Approaches
- Integrated Curriculum Model
- Parallel Curriculum Model
- Disciplinarity
- Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
- Using Technology
4. Issues and Concerns around Differentiation
- Theoretical Issues
o Design Issues
- Implementation Issues
While there is no academic prerequisite for participants to take the individual courses, participants with background and/or experiences in one or more of the following areas will better appreciate the course contents:
- Teaching
- Curriculum decision-making
- Assessment
Applicants need to have at least one year of teaching experience at point of application.
Standard Course Fee: S$4,490.80
| COURSE TITLE | ACADEMIC UNIT |
| MCT902 Crafting the Curriculum* | 4 |
| MCT904 Understanding Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice | 4 |
| MCT912 Curriculum and Program Evaluation* | 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
