Program Portfolio of
Kirsten Thompson
02:782 Curriculum Planning & Design
Instructor: Dr. Karen Rempel
Date: Winter Semester 2016
Transcript Record: A
Course Outline:
Assignment Exemplars
Memorable Readings
Deyhle, D., Swisher, K., Stevens, T., & Galvan, R.T. (2008). Indigenous resistance and renewal: From colonizing practices to self-
determination. In M. Connelly, F.M. He, & J. Phillion (Eds.). The SAGE handbook of curriculum and instruction. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Ornstein, A. C., & Hunkins, F. P. (2013). Curriculum: foundations, principles, and issues. New Jersey, US: Pearson Education.
Take Away
After Graduate Scholary Writing this course has proven to be the most practical of the courses I participated in during my M.Ed journey; our class text by Ornstein and Hunkins has not moved from beside my computer and has been utilized in every course that followed. This course was advertised as being designed for, "those who want to pursue further studies in the planning and design of curricula for schools" and helped detail my future goals of working as a consultant. The course discussed a variety of topics such as philisophical foundations, curriculum development, needs assessments, and curriculum design. Participants were provided with the opportunity to work collaboratively to develop and design a curriculum; which is included as part 2 and 3 of the assignment exemplars above.
The course schedule saw participants attend a video-class biweekly in which the topic of discussion included a combination of lecture, guest speakers, large-group discussion, and student presentations. In the week following a video-class participants continued dialogue through the Moodle community discussion forum.
Included in my assignment exemplars are: 1) a blog post critiquing a popular Ken Robinson presentation, 2) a curriculum development plan for the introduction of a middle-years ICT curriculum, and 3) a proposed Literacy with ICT curriculum.
