Ashley Claire

This assignment about (Curriculum Theory Paper)

Each student will write a paper detailing his or her personal beliefs about curriculum. (Your paper will be approximately 8-10 pages in length including references)

Guiding Questions for Curriculum Theory Paper:

· ✓  If you could design your own curriculum based on your core beliefs, free from outside mandates, what would it look like? 


· ✓  Are you designing a curriculum model, curriculum approach, or curriculum framework? What ages/grades does your curriculum 
cover? 


· ✓  Are you developing your paper to cover the entire scope of the curriculum or are you addressing a more specific area such as 
language arts, science, or mathematics? 


· ✓  What are the sources (theoretical, scientific, or philosophical) of your beliefs about curriculum and learning? 


· ✓  How do you define curriculum? 


· ✓  What are the sources for your curriculum (children, you, theory, standards, district guidelines, teaching team, parents, text book 
publishers)? 


· ✓  What materials will you use to carry out your curriculum? 


· ✓  What kind of environment is needed to support the curriculum? Specifically, what will you do to create such an environment? 


· ✓  What instructional techniques and teaching strategies will you use in implementing your curriculum? 


· ✓  Does your curriculum focus on learning content? If so, which content areas? 


· ✓  Does your curriculum focus on learning processes? If so, which ones? 


· ✓  How will you assess content and processes in your curriculum? 


· ✓  What are the roles of parents and community in supporting or implementing the curriculum? What will you do as a teacher to 
facilitate the home-school-community partnership? 


· ✓  How is your curriculum related to transmission, transaction, inquiry, and/or transformation? 


· ✓  What sources (primary, research-based, and secondary) support your practices and beliefs? Use quotes and examples to support 
your statements. 


· ✓  What is your role as a teacher in planning and implementing the curriculum? 


· ✓  What is the role of the student in the teaching and learning process? 


· ✓  Graphic representation of your personal curriculum framework included in your theory paper.