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Curriculum Studies in the Lifelong Learning Sector

Second Edition


July 2012 | 128 pages | Learning Matters
This book provides an accessible overview of the key issues surrounding the curriculum for all those working towards QTLS. Curriculum shapes the programs that are taught, dictates which students can have access to courses and lies at the heart of what teachers and trainers actually do. Examples and case studies throughout the book demonstrate these issues within working FE colleges, adult education centers and work-based learning contexts. It also offers succinct summaries of key theories and debates relating to the curriculum. This fully revised edition reflects the latest policies and thinking and now includes a glossary of useful terms.

Key Features
  • Explains complex issues in clear and accessible language
  • Relates to a core component of most QTLS programs
  • Authentic case studies from a range of contexts
  • Promotes critical reflection on debates surrounding the curriculum

 
Introduction
 
Defining the Curriculum
 
Conceptualizing the Curriculum
 
Shaping the Curriculum
 
Planning, Sequencing and Delivering the Curriculum
 
Evaluating the Curriculum
 
Curriculum, Learning and Knowledge
 
Boundary Crossing: Curriculum, Place and Time
 
The Accessible Curriculum

This book explores different models in an easy to understand way. I like that the 'hidden curriculum' has been included. The practical and reflective tasks can be used during class discussions. This book will help our DTLLS students understand more about how a curriculum is defined.

Ms Ann Gravells
Teacher Training, Bishop Burton College
July 28, 2012

This text is particularly useful for the Curriculum Development Module of Year 2 DTLLS. It is very readable and for those less academic trainees provides some quite complex ideas in an accessible way.

Mrs Katie McCombe
Teacher Training, Walford and North Shropshire College
July 27, 2012

Updated information which keeps the content relevant to today's Lifelong Learning Sector

Mrs Ruth McGrath
other, University of Teesside
July 9, 2012

A BROAD AND IN-DEPTH LOOK AT ALL CURRICULUM ISSUES AND FOR A NEW TEACHER IS A MUST READ, AND A GREAT REFERENCE FOR FUTURE USE

Mr Paul Reed
Teaching, Learning and Standards, Riverside College Halton
July 2, 2012

This book sums up theories and models of curriculum design in a way that makes it clear and easy to understand.

This is now an essential book on my DTLLS reading list.

Mrs Rachel Kirk
PTTLS/TAQA, Great Yarmouth College
June 22, 2012

Relevant overview for DTLLS unit - good basis for further research

Mrs Helen Handyside
Teacher Education, CB Learning and Assessment Ltd
June 1, 2012

Straight forward easy to read text concise and relevant

Mrs Iffa Settle
Health , York College
May 25, 2012
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