GED-625 Curriculum Design & Development
This course examines the nature and development of curriculum, assessment procedures, and strategies within a contemporary context. Models for curriculum design will include critical thinking, cooperative learning, constructivist instructional strategies, and brain-based concepts. Performance based tasks and assessments will be an additional focus. Issues relating to 21st-century learning environments that include relevance and rigor within the context of authentic intellectual work will be addressed. Students will develop a personal view of how to develop curriculum in the 21st century using appropriate research methods.