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Pre-Service Secondary Postgraduate Diploma in Education: EDUSE2 - Curriculum Design Development and Progression in English

COURCE DESCRIPTION

This course focuses on curriculum design and development principles and practices in English language and literacy and their application in the English language classroom in secondary grades. Students will develop in-depth understanding of relevant principles and practices, and critically reflect on curriculum development for language and literacy skills in the UAE context. This evaluative process will allow them to apply relevant principles and effective practices from current research to develop medium to long-term English language learning pathways that foster English language and literacy skills progression. Students will also learn to critically self-evaluate their professional practice, knowledge and skills in terms of promoting and optimising curriculum progression and development with and for their students in the classroom.

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Week 1

 

Introduction to the Course: Course Outline Curriculum reforms in the UAE

History of English in the UAE K-12 Curriculum

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Week 2

Curriculum Progression and development

Overview of models and trends in curriculum development Classroom-level curriculum development

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Week 3

The English language curriculum: Progression pathways

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Week 4

The English language curriculum: Progression pathways

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Various curriculum documents for local and international curricula.

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Week 5

Classroom strategies for curriculum progression – Part 1

Laying the Groundwork for Visible Learning for Literacy

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Fisher, D., Frey, N., & Hattie, J. (2016). Visible learning for literacy, grades K-12: Implementing the practices that work best to accelerate student learning (pp. 1-34). Corwin Press.

Week 6

Classroom strategies for curriculum progression – Part 2

Surface Literacy Learning

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Fisher, D., Frey, N., & Hattie, J. (2016). Visible learning for literacy, grades K-12: Implementing the practices that work best to accelerate student learning (pp. 35-70). Corwin Press.

Week 7

Classroom strategies for curriculum progression – Part 3

Deep Literacy Learning

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Week 8

 

Classroom strategies for curriculum progression – Part 4

Teaching Literacy for Transfer

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Week 9

 

Evaluating Curriculum Developments – Part 1

Meeting the UAE standards

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Teacher Standards for the UAE: [here] link to be added

UAE inspection framework: [here] link to be added

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Week 10

 

Evaluating Curriculum Developments – Part 2

Teacher Reflection and Pupil Voice

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Week 11

Evaluating Curriculum Developments – Part 3

Determining Impact, Responding When Impact Is Insufficient, and Knowing What Does Not Work

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Assignment 2 due