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Explains the event in education you feel has had the greatest impact on 21st century educators’ responsibilities. Provide a rationale to support your thinking.
Discussion: Designing Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
By Day 3 of Week 1
Post a response that:
- Explains the event in education you feel has had the greatest impact on 21st century educators’ responsibilities. Provide a rationale to support your thinking.
- Explains the degree to which constructivism, multiculturalism, and education reform influence your role as a designer of curriculum in your current teaching situation
Support your response with specific references to the Learning Resources, outside resources, as well as personal experiences.
Assignment: Hidden Curriculum
By Day 7 of Week 1
Compose a 3- to 4- page paper that:
- Defines hidden curriculum in your own words.
- Explains two examples from your classroom practice that represent hidden curriculum. One example should represent a negative implication of hidden curriculum, and the other a positive implication of hidden curriculum.
- Explains one action you will take to repair the effects of negative hidden curriculum. Provide a rationale for your action using specific references to the Learning Resources.
- Explains one example to include in your classroom that represents positive hidden curriculum. Provide a rationale for your action using specific references to the Learning Resources.
- Explains how you will use hidden curriculum to meet the diverse learning needs of the students in your classroom. Include an explanation as to how your actions relate to at least one of the RWRCOEL Professional Dispositions, Diversity Proficiencies, and Technology Proficiencies.
Discussion: Designing Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Curriculum planning can often seem simple on the surface but is in fact a complex task. There are many factors to consider before planning classroom curriculum. Henson (2015) explores how constructivism, multiculturalism, and education reform affect curriculum planning in Chapter 1. The definition of curriculum takes shape in this first chapter; how might exploring the past and present impact your definition and design of curriculum, instruction, and assessment design?
Throughout this course, you will have the opportunity to evaluate your role as an educator and designer of curriculum, instruction, and assessment. This module’s Learning Resources explore not only the many important roles you play, but also provide a context for the role of educators today by presenting some of the major events in education that have led to the present era of standards and accountability.
For this Discussion, you will evaluate the influence of major education events, constructivism, multiculturalism, and education reform on 21st-century educators’ responsibilities and your own role as a designer of curriculum.
Refer to the Discussion Board Rubric in the MSED Documents area under Course Home to familiarize yourself with the evaluative criteria for Discussion Board Assignments.
To Prepare:
- Reflect on the media segment Designing Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: Education Todayand how major events in education have led to the present era of standards and accountability. How have these events influenced your role as an educator within your current teaching situation?
- Reflect upon Henson’s statements regarding how constructivism, multiculturalism, and education reform can be integrated into curriculum planning.
- Think about the practicing teachers from the Voices From the Field (Laureate, 2015c) media and the essays from the Sonia Nieto’s Why We Teach Now (2015) from EDUC 6610. How might the insights you gathered influence your own curriculum planning?
By Day 3 of Week 1
Post a response that:
- Explains the event in education you feel has had the greatest impact on 21st century educators’ responsibilities. Provide a rationale to support your thinking.
- Explains the degree to which constructivism, multiculturalism, and education reform influence your role as a designer of curriculum in your current teaching situation
Support your response with specific references to the Learning Resources, outside resources, as well as personal experiences.
By Day 7 of Week 1
Read a selection of your colleagues’ posts. As you read, note those to which you would like to respond with advice, questions, comments, and/or encouragement.
Respond to two or more of your colleagues with a different perspective than your own. Share how the components of education (constructivism, multiculturalism, and education reform) have affected you differently. Support your response with a specific example from your professional practice to support your statement.
Assignment: Hidden Curriculum
Designing curriculum can be a simple task at first glance; however, designing effective curriculum personalized for each individual student can present many challenges. It is important to address these challenges and any obstacles that may impede learning and instruction. In Chapter 1, Henson (2015) discusses the idea of hidden curriculum. Whether intentional or unintentional, hidden curriculum can have a profound impact on student learning. Being aware of all aspects of the classroom will provide equity and meet the diverse learning needs of the students.
For this Assignment, you will explore hidden curriculum within your current learning environment. Be sure to review the MSED Assignment/Reflective Essay Rubric located in the MSED Documents area under Course Home as you complete this Assignment.
To Prepare:
- Review the course text reading in the Learning Resources for this module. Think about how you would define hidden curriculum to a colleague.
- Consider how hidden curriculum positively and negatively shapes how students learn in your school setting.
- Review the RWRCOEL Professional Dispositions, Diversity Proficiencies, and Technology Proficiencies documents using the MSED Documents area under course home. Reflect on how identifying hidden curriculum in your own school setting may relate to each of the propositions and proficiencies.
By Day 7 of Week 1
Compose a 3- to 4- page paper that:
- Defines hidden curriculum in your own words.
- Explains two examples from your classroom practice that represent hidden curriculum. One example should represent a negative implication of hidden curriculum, and the other a positive implication of hidden curriculum.
- Explains one action you will take to repair the effects of negative hidden curriculum. Provide a rationale for your action using specific references to the Learning Resources.
- Explains one example to include in your classroom that represents positive hidden curriculum. Provide a rationale for your action using specific references to the Learning Resources.
- Explains how you will use hidden curriculum to meet the diverse learning needs of the students in your classroom. Include an explanation as to how your actions relate to at least one of the RWRCOEL Professional Dispositions, Diversity Proficiencies, and Technology Proficiencies.
Note: For this Assignment and all others in this course and throughout the program, you will be expected to use APA style. Use the Walden Writing Center as a resource for completing Assignments.
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