Curriculum Design

Professor Elizabeth Rata
University of Auckland

How to design a Knowledge Rich School Curriculum using the Curriculum Design Coherence Model.
 

 Session 1

• Introduction to the CDC Model
• Applying the Model to some curriculum examples
• How well-designed subject knowledge is connected to student understanding: the thought-thinking connection
• The CDC Model - how it works

Session 2

A History topic using the CDC Model.

The knowledge-mind connection and student understanding.

Session 3

A History Programme using the CDC Model.

More about the knowledge-mind connection and building student intelligence.

Session 4

Knowledge Types and Curriculum Design - differentiating between socio-cultural knowledge and academic subjects.