CURRICULUM ANALYSIS

Year	No.	Offer	Mode	Description			Cred. Pts
96	80420 	S2  	X 	CURRICULUM ANALYSIS       	1.00

Contents

• Staffing
• Rationale
• Synopsis
• Objectives
• Topics
• Texts
• Recommended References
• Student Workload
• Assessment Details
• Other Requirements

STAFFING:

RATIONALE:

The curriculum of a school is not developed or implemented in a vacuum. Each school is part of a wider educational environment in which there are numerous forces at various levels which act upon curriculum development and in particular the elements of curriculum design.

SYNOPSIS:

This unit aims to:

(a)  acquaint students with the influences which affect the design
     and content of curriculum; and to

(b)  develop the ability in students to identify these influences at
     work in selected syllabus documents.

The  influences on selected syllabus documents will be studied  by  an
examination  of  some current curriculum issues and  their  impact  on
curriculum change and design.

OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. examine the macro and micro level influences shaping the total school curriculum.
2. identify specific influences on curricula and recognize their implications for curriculum design.
3. recognize possible consequences of changing influences on the school curriculum and the process of curriculum design.
4. analyze syllabus documents and determine the implications of the document for planning at the school and classroom levels.

TOPICS:

 Description                                                    Weighting(%)

What is Curriculum                                                    40.00
- Definitions of Curriculum and Curriculum analysis
- Some aspects of the history of Curriculum in Queensland
- Sources of the Curriculum
- Introduction to the Analysis of Curriculum

Influences on the Curriculum                                          40.00
- Introduction to the Influences on the Curriculum
- Social Influences
- Central Authority Influences
- School Context and Organisation
- Teacher Ideology/Culture

Curriculum Analysis                                                   20.00
- Proposed Model of Analysis
- Examples of Analysis

TEXT and MATERIALS to be PURCHASED:

RECOMMENDED REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Doll, R.C. 1992, Curriculum Improvement: Decision Making and Process,
8th Edn, Allyn & Bacon, Boston.

Foster, L. & Harman, K. 1992, Australian Education: A Sociological
Perspective, 3rd Edn, Prentice Hall, New York.

Marsh, C.J. 1994, Producing a National Curriculum, Allen & Unwin,
Sydeny.

1990, Focus on Schools, Department of Education, Queensland.

Wiltshire, K. etalia 1994, Report of the Review of the Queensland
School Curriculum, Vol 1, 2, 3, The State of Queensland.

Shaping the Future: Summary of Recommendations, Minister for
Education, Queensland, November 1994.

Goodson, I. 1994, Studying Curriculum, Open University Press,
Buckingham.

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

	ACTIVITY				HOURS
Directed Study                                	75
Private Study                                 	35
Assessments                                   	55

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

No	*F/S	Marks		Due		Description					Wtg(%)		LBL
1 	S 	        	23/08/96	1 X 1500 WORD ASSIGNMENT                	40.00   	Y
2 	S 	        	01/11/96	1 X 3000 WORD ASSIGNMENT                	60.00   	Y

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

1    Students will normally be expected to attain a satisfactory level
     in both items of assessment.
2    Extensions  will only be granted under exceptional circumstances.
     As  in  accordance  with Academic Regulations  5.9  in  the  1996
     University Handbook, penalties for late submissions apply.