Curriculum Development & Design Flashcards
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Which curriculum design approach organizes content around broad concepts that transcend disciplinary boundaries?
Answer: Interdisciplinary design
Interdisciplinary design organizes curriculum around broad concepts or themes that integrate multiple disciplines rather than keeping subjects separate.
A school wants to align its curriculum with state standards while addressing local community needs. Which process best describes this work?
Answer: Curriculum alignment
Curriculum alignment is the process of ensuring that what is taught matches both external standards and contextual goals such as local community needs.
In backward design, what is the FIRST step a curriculum developer should take?
Answer: Identify desired learning outcomes
Backward design (Wiggins & McTighe) begins by identifying desired results before planning assessments or learning activities.
Which term describes the unintended lessons students learn through the social environment and routines of school?
Answer: Hidden curriculum
The hidden curriculum refers to implicit lessons about norms, values, and behaviors conveyed through school culture, routines, and social interactions.
A curriculum developer notices that important 21st-century skills like critical thinking are never explicitly taught. This gap represents which curriculum concept?
Answer: Null curriculum
The null curriculum refers to what schools choose NOT to teach — the content or skills deliberately or inadvertently omitted.
Which scope and sequence principle ensures that students revisit and deepen understanding of concepts across grade levels?
Answer: Spiral curriculum
Bruner's spiral curriculum revisits core concepts at increasing levels of complexity as students advance through grade levels.
When developing curriculum for English Language Learners, which approach integrates language acquisition with content learning?
Answer: Sheltered instruction
Sheltered instruction (SIOP model) makes content comprehensible for ELLs while simultaneously developing their academic language proficiency.