Curriculum Development

School of Education

College of Social Sciences

Details

Code 12211

Level of study Second Year

Credit value 10

Semester 0

Module description

The module will use models of curriculum development appropriate to the development of Community, Play and Youth Work curriculum. It will start with the identification of learning needs and explore how to develop programmes of activity designed to meet those needs and to evaluate outcomes.

Contents

This module places Community, Play and Youth Work in the context of an informal education process, committed to social, political and spiritual education. The underlying principles of education, equal opportunities, empowerment and participation will be conceptualised as the cornerstones of the curriculum. The content of the module will include:

* Ideological and theoretical stance of the worker
* Alignment and negotiation of the curriculum
* The hidden curriculum
* Mandate and accountability
* Targeting
* Marketing
* Process intervention
* Experiential learning
* Coaching and modelling
* Data collectiona and evaluation