Curriculum Development and Evaluation

Year
1
Academic year
2018-2019
Code
02024915
Subject Area
Foundational Knowledge in Education
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
5.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

No prerequisites.

Teaching Methods

1. Theory and practice

- Lectures and in-depth analysis of documents;

- Presentations of techniques and tools; demonstration of procedures;

- Individual and/or group work.

2. Students’ independent work (to consolidate knowledge):

- Preparation and/or continuation of work carried out in face-to-face sessions

3. Tutorial orientation (to support learning):

- Support to students’ individual study, task/project preparation and development.

Learning Outcomes

- Knowing about and comprehending the concepts and fundamentals of curriculum development

- Knowing about and comprehending theories, orientations and guidelines in the Portuguese education system

- Recognizing teachers' decisions and responsibilities in curricular processes

- Understanding the meaning and field of curriculum development

- Outlining the curricular process and adapt/design methods and procedures of curricular work

- Analyising curricular documents and situations characterised by differences in scope and orientation

- Designing curricular processes to support teachers in the early stages of their teaching careers

- Comprehending assessment periods and paradigms

- Analisying the main assessment modes

- Comprehending the referenciation methodology of the assessment process

- Design specification tables for assessment processes, with special emphasis on testing.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

1.1 Concepts of formal education and school curriculum

- Historical, philosophical, epistemological, ethical, social, political, ideological, psychological, and pedagogical foundations of the curriculum

- Contemporary theories, and curricular orientations and guidelines

1.2 Understanding the meaning and field of curriculum development

- Defining and planning curricular development: pre-active, interactive and post-active phases of teaching

- Documents that support and guide curricular processes: components, characteristics and forms

- Analysis of curricular documents and situations: criteria, tools and procedures

- Structuring functional micro-curricular processes: principles, specificities and uses

 

2. ASSESSMENT

2.1 Assessment: periods and paradigms

2.2 Modes of assessing learning processes

2.3 Developing a referenciation methodology

2.4 Test typologies and specification tables

2.5 Designing assessment processes

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Helena Lopes Damião Silva

Assessment Methods

Assessement
Synthesis work: 50.0%
Exam: 50.0%

Bibliography

- Anderson, L. & Krathwohl (Eds.) (2001). A taxonomy for learning, teaching and assessing. New York: Longman.

- Damião, M. H. (1996). Pré, inter e pós-acção. Coimbra: Minerva.

- Kelley (2009). The currriculum: Theory and practice. London. Sage Publications.

- Mayer, R. & Alexander, P. (Eds.). (2011). Handbook of research on learning and instruction. New York: Routledge.

- Smith, L. & Ragan, T. (1999). Instructional design. Danvers: Wiley & Sons.

- Tanner, D. & Tanner, L. (2007). Curriculum development. Theory into practice. New Jersey: Pearson Education.

- Barreira, C. & Boavida, J. (Orgs.) (2006). Avaliação educacional. Novas formas de ensinar e aprender. Numero temático da Revista Portuguesa de Pedagogia, 40, 3.

- Casanova, M. A. (2007). Manual de evaluación educativa. Madrid: Editorial La Muralla.

- Pinto, J. & Santos, L. (2006). Modelos de avaliação das aprendizagens. Lisboa: Universidade Aberta.