| Course ID: | ESCI 7080E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Curriculum Planning in Science Education |
Course
Description: | Science curriculum from elementary to high school. Social, psychological, philosophical, and practical influences on science curriculum are applied to the process of selecting and developing curriculum materials. |
| Oasis Title: | Curriculum Plan in Science Ed |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ESCI 7080 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every odd-numbered year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | 1. describe the humanist, social reconstructionist, technology,
and academic curricula
2. describe the contributors to curriculum making
3. evaluate science curricula
4. discuss political and controversial issues in curriculum
making |
| Topical Outline: | Humanistic Curriculum
Social Reconstructionist Curriculum and the Meaning of Race
Technology and Curriculum
Academic Curriculum
Historical Perspective of Curriculum Making
The Promise of Theory and Inquiry in Curriculum
Deciding What Should be Taught, the Politics of Curriculum Making
National Standards, Deliberation, and Design
Border Crossing
Evaluation of Textbooks
Evaluating the Curriculum
Current Issues Demanding Responses |