Curriculum 21Heidi Hayes Jacobs

Chapters 3 & 4EDPC605

Upgrading Content: Provocation, Invigoration,

and Replacement

What content should be kept?What content should be cut?

What content should be created?

CONTENT- central element in curriculum design and can be organized within disciplines or interdisciplinary designs

Tenets Leading to Content Upgrades

•Global perspective is developed

•Personal and local perspective is cultivated

•Whole child is looked at

•Future careers and work options are developed

•Real-world practice

•Technology and media are expanded

•Complexity of content matches age and stage of the learner

Examining the Disciplines

Challengethe

Status Quo!

Social Studies as Perspectives on Humanity

Traditional divisions Go through fission and become

FUSED FUGeographyHistoryPOLITICAL ECONOMICSAnthropologyECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGYSociologyHISTORICAL SOCIOLOGYEconomicsHISTORICAL GEOGRAPHYPolitical scienceANTHROPOLOGICAL POLITICS

What to do in Social Studies?

•Expose students to multiple maps for information and insight

•Discuss changing economic realities

•Prepare “school leavers” to function independently in the real world

•Take time to teach global studies

Sciences in Action: Layers and Breakthroughs What if we

organized the curriculum

around problems rather than

separating the sciences?

Four Science Subset Strands:

1.The Living World

2.The Planet Earth & Beyond

3.The Physical World

4.The Material World

Neglected area of science- astronomy

Elementary often emphasizes life science at the expense of physical science topics

Fears of controversy in science courses- religion, genetic engineering, and space exploration

Let students become “detectives and solution makers”

Encourage curiosity, being creative, and using senses for making observations

Educating the Person: Health & Physical Education

Cardio-respiratory endurance

Muscular Strength

Muscular Endurance

Flexibility

Body Composition

Five Spiral Components

English and Literature

Implement…

•Vocabulary development

•Creative note taking and note making

•Editing and revising strategies

•Research Strategies

ROOT OF ALL PERFORMANCE: READING

WRITINGSPEAKING

LISTENING

Other ideas in English and Literature

Make use of:PodcastsVideo conferencesDebatesComedy forumsInterviewsOral defense…………………

Compare/contrast film version with the text versions

Use rap to convey messages

Language Instruction

Did you know…

China will soon have the largest English-speaking population?

The most frequently spoken languages are:Mandarin Chinese @ 12.44%Spanish @ 4.85%English @ 4.83%Arabic @ 3.25%

-from the US CIA World Factbook 2009

Teaching Math as a Language

Need to support

math geniuses

Need to understand

language first

Memorizing vs

Reasoning

The Arts: Aesthetic Senses, Ideas, and Emotions

and through it.from artwork

and performance

Take in and receive meaning

and insight

New School Versions: Reinventing and Reuniting School Program Structures

Will graduates of 2110…

•Be part of virtual learning magnet programs?

•Have global network buddies?

•Be in holographic yearbooks?

Fueling 21st Century Schools…

Needs innovation and new knowledge

Apple Classrooms of Tomorrowhttp://education.apple.com/acot2/skills/

• “The most desirable skills: work ethic, collaboration, social responsibility, and critical thinking and problem-solving. Employers also see creativity and innovation as being increasingly important in the future”.

• -http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/FINAL_REPORT_PDF09-29-06.pdf

but also remember…

1.Form should always follow function –An architectural principle

is that the shape of a building or object should be primarily based upon

its intended function or purpose.

and

2. The whole is the sum of the parts

Curricular Destiny: Schedules

Why or Why Nots?Do we need 13 years to graduate? Do school’s time frames match the nature of the task?

Do we only go to school with the people who live in our community with all of the technology that is available?

Wonder if we…Learned in a Virtual Space Environment

with students from France in a videoconferencing room!

Learned based on Performance vs Seat Time in VLM’s

(Virtual Learning Magnets)!

Offered students a Virtual Curriculum Menu!

http://www.ilearnnyc.net/default.htm

Curricular Destiny: Grouping of Students

Keep in mind: Form should follow function. Does it in schools today?

Institutional grouping- gender, age, proficiency based…

Instructional grouping- skill levels, cooperative, competitive…

Independent grouping- clubs, internships, travel abroad…

Curricular Destiny: Grouping of Professionals

Old Method:Departments, Grade Levels, and Building Levels

New Method:MEET AROUND PROBLEMS TO SOLVECross-disciplinary teamsInternship supervisorsData analysis teamsGlobal network teams

Curricular Destiny: Physical and Virtual Space

Connecting with Peers Around the World

Service Learning

Independent Research

Challenging Old Assumptions with Critical Thinking

Think Like Architects!!!

Flexible schedules led by multiple professionals with a wide range of student groupings in a virtual setting!!!

Architects design – Contractors build!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivq3TZ6Bfic