Designing Effective Curricula ip 3

There are times when a teacher uses instructions that are scripted and rigorously developed and times when instruction needs to be more open-ended and moderately defined. Quality teaching utilizes both the behavioral and the cognitive paradigms. Knowing when and where to use each is part of the art of teaching.

• Select a classroom, subject, and a population of students. Choose a subject's subtopic for this unit (but not the same subtopic you used in previous units).
• Design a unit plan. Include descriptions of instructional strategies and how these strategies will help adapt instruction to individual learners.
• Describe how you would use more structured activities including, but not limited to, direct instruction, task analysis, and examination of prerequisite abilities.
• Describe how you would use more open-ended techniques such as brainstorming and exploratory activities.
• Remember to fully describe how each strategy helps customize individual learning and meets the needs of all students. In addition, describe how each strategy might reinforce or complement other strategies.
• Discuss the role of a caring and professional leadership approach to implementation of the selected instructional strategies.

Include the following components in your APA paper:

• an introductory paragraph that describes the class and its setting
• overall goals
• write curriculum objectives using the ABCD format and measurable Bloom’s Taxonomy verbs that align with Bloom's Taxonomy
• a narrative on each strategy
• create a detailed and formatted unit lesson plan
• an ongoing summative assessment and evaluation of student progress and student understanding