Curriculum Design

curriculum design is being purposeful with your lesson design to ensure meaningful, student'-centered learning

Important considerations when creating curricula:

start with learning goals

reflect on how much time you have to teach the material

plan your instructional methods

plan you evaluation and assessment methods

ultimate goal of curriculum design is to improve student learning

other goals include meeting the needs of students and providing a flow of goals and expectations

Select a type of design

subject centered

learner centered

problem centered

considerations

student needs

create specific and clear learning goals and outcomes

identify constraints that can impact learning outcomes

create a visual curriculum map

Backward design

1. identify desired results first

2. Determine acceptable evidence

Plan learning experiences and instruction

The value of backward design

instills purpose in your tasks and lessons by having a goal in sight

ensures that expectations and how to echieve them are clearare clear

allows for meaningful, student centered learning

challenges students and educator to think like an assessor

What learning outcomes am I seeking?

pecific knowledge, practical skills, areas of professional development, attitudes, or higher-order thinking skills that instructors expect students to develop, learn, or master by the end of their learning.