Curriculum design and deployment
It has been a while since I wrote about curriculum. Reviewing the 2023 ISI Framework has got me thinking about curriculum again, with curriculum stretching across three of the four sections: In truth, not much has changed however, what do …
Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not information. They are distinctly different and should be taught distinctly differently. Even knowing this, we won’t travel far at all without pupils’ attention and the borders of the hinterland will remain at a …
At school we continue our curriculum discussions at school. These conversations include discussions on the importance of ‘locality,’ more so in Prep than Secondary. This morning I encountered a metaphorical reference to the curriculum aiming to be both a “window …
So here it is, the first final draft. A model of sequenced teaching-instruction as “teach-assess-adapt” (accepting that there is more to teaching than that). The introduction of meso-cycles, along side macro (schemes of learning) and micro cycles (lesson(s)) and the …
The case has been made for backwards planning, assessment biased, responsive teaching. Now for Successive Relearning. Why Successive Relearning? Why RememberMore? Learning is rarely a one-shot affair. Single, isolated experiences seldom give birth to learning. What creates or shapes learning, …
Designing a the Meso-cycle As explained in part 1, the key determinant of a meso-cycle is that it is designed to accomplish a particular goal, here a cycle of ‘responsive teaching.’ Harry Fletcher-Wood offers a working definition that draws on …
Two months thinking, the model was now ready to share for a critical second opinion. Responsive Teaching – “relatively short teaching cycles with fortnight responsive teaching tasks (assessments) and whole class feedback lessons.” A bias towards the importance of assessment. …
Thinking takes time I have spent far, far too long on this series of posts and I have @davidErogers (and Paul Blake before him) to thank for that. When we worked together, in his office, above his desk, David would …
