Curriculum Development

Recommended Prerequisites

Basic principles of curriculum planning.

Teaching Methods

Practical-theoretical lessons with direct instruction, and student questioning (22h 30m); practical-theoretical lessons based in non-direct teaching, cooperative learning and problem solving associated with group curriculum project design (22h 30m).

Learning Outcomes

Development of student competencies in curriculum development process and strategies, in order to: understand and justify educational planning practice within curriculum theory in specific contexts; recognize curriculum theory and curriculum development relevance in teaching practices; identify curriculum models and planning processes; develop planning, curriculum enactment and evaluation skills within different levels and specially at school level; acquire practical skills in constructing contextualized curriculum projects.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Curriculum theory and curriculum development. Influence of political, social and economical contexts on curriculum development. Curriculum elements. Models of curriculum organization. Prescriptive and flexible models of curriculum. Curriculum as research and curriculum projects.

Curriculum as a project and teachers’ role in this process. Constructing and developing school curriculum projects. Design of curriculum projects. Curriculum evaluation.

Head Lecturer(s)

Paulo Renato Bernardes Nobre

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 5.0%
Project: 35.0%
Mini Tests: 60.0%

Bibliography

Bento, J. (1998). Planeamento e Avaliação em Educação Física. Lisboa: Livros Horizonte.

Del Carmen, L. (1990). El Proyecto Curricular de Centro. in T. Mauri, et al. El Currículo en el Centro Educativo. Barcelona: Horsori.

Boutinet, J.-P. (1996). Antropologia do Projecto. Lisboa: Instituto Piaget.

Gimeno, J. e Pérez Gómez, A. (1992). Compreender y transformar la enseñanza. Madrid: Morata.

Nobre, P. (2006). Contributos da avaliação para o processo de construção e desenvolvimento do projecto curricular de escola. Tese de mestrado. Lisboa: FPCE-UL. 

Perrenoud, P. (1999). Construir as competências desde a escola. Porto Alegre: ARTMED.

Román Peréz, M. & Diéz López, E. (1994). Currículum y Enseñanza. Madrid: Ed. EOS.

Siedentop, D. (1998). Aprender a enseñar la Educación Física. Barcelona: Inde

Stenhouse, L. (1984). Investigación y desarrollo del currículum. Madrid: Morata.

Tyler, R. (1949). Basic Principles of curriculum and instruction. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.