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 * __ Weekly Schedule - C&I 411 - Summer 2010 __**

|| ** TOPICS: **
 * ** Date ** ||  ||
 * ** May 17-23 ** || ** TOPICS: **
 * “Scientific management” of curriculum and schools
 * The “Progressive” movement
 * Schools and social change
 * What is “backward design”? (UBD) ||
 * ^  || ** READINGS **** : **
 * CSR pp. 7-61
 * UBD Introduction and Ch. 1 ||
 * ** May 24-30 **
 * Ralph Tyler’s “Basic Principles of Curriculum”
 * Questioning curricular objectives
 * The “Practical arts” of curriculum
 * Teaching for understanding/curricular goals(UBD) ||
 * ^  || ** READINGS **** : **
 * CSR Intro to Pt. 2 and Chs. 7, 10, 12
 * UBD Chs. 2-3 ||
 * ** May 31- **
 * June 6 ** || ** TOPICS: **
 * Reconceptualizing curriculum theory
 * “Banking” education vs. liberatory education
 * The politics of curriculum: What knowledge is “best”?
 * Finding meaning in the curriculum
 * Essential questions and understandings (UBD) ||
 * ^  || ** READINGS **** : **
 * CSR Intro to Pt. 3 and Chs. 13, 14, 16, 17, 19
 * UBD Chs. 5-6 ||
 * ** June 7-13 ** || ** TOPICS: **
 * Contemporary curriculum issues
 * Curriculum in an age of high-stakes accountability
 * Curriculum in a multicultural society
 * What are the aims of education?
 * Planning for learning (UBD) ||
 * ^  || ** READINGS **** : **
 * CSR Intro to Pt. 4 and Chs. 24, 25, 27, 28, 34
 * UBD Ch. 9 ||

**__DUE DATES__**
NOTE: You will notice that the due date for the Curriculum Project is after the official end of the course. You may certainly turn it in before June 19 if you'd like. I just thought the extra time might be appreciated by some of you.

Online discussions posts - minimum 2x weekly (online) Wiki assignments - 1 weekly (online) Reaction/response papers (2) - May 24 & May 31 (via email) Curriculum scholar or issue paper - June 9 (via email) Curriculum Project - June 19 (via email)