Spring 2003. These questions set our agenda for the semester:

What is curriculum?

How does curriculum get published? (e.g., grade school readers; science kits)

What are the major components of a curriculum?

(Standards – issues associated …)

Historical perspective on: subject area content; reform in education; etc.

Choosing objectives and relating them to kids’ lives

Hot issues: diversity, gender, race, …

Effects of the budget on curriculum

Questions from Summer 2002:

Initial Questions

How do I follow a curriculum in my type of classroom?

How do you create a curriculum – what are good elements? Focus on secondary ed.

How to do and develop a curriculum that will fit the needs of various student learning styles?

How do you develop a curriculum for K-5 – different abilities, languages, and of high interest?

The “what” of teaching (the course content). How to begin, what to include/exclude?

How to design a curriculum for a special education class based on PA Standards?

What does curriculum development entail?

What is your basis for selecting a curriculum?

I am not a teacher so “curriculum” is an abstract word for me!