Curriculum Frameworks in the IB Diploma

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2015:

170 hours

Students will need to complete EDUC90333 at the same time as or before undertaking this subject.

Students will need to complete EDUC90333 at the same time as or before undertaking this subject.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.

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This subject investigates the role and structure of the DP curriculum framework. Key issues explored will include challenges for learning and teaching in relation to: breadth/depth/specialisation; higher order thinking; subject integrity/transdisciplinarity; individual/community/ social/global consciousness; and assessment. Participants will explore individual components of the IB framework including CAS, EE and TOK. There will be a strong theoretical and critical evaluation on the development and implementation of curriculum that is intended to support both the acquisition of essential knowledge and skills, and the search for meaning.

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• Critically examine ways in which the DP curriculum framework supports the development of essential knowledge and skills, and the search for meaning, and strategies for different types of learning and teaching;
• Articulate the importance of the EE, CAS and TOK to knowledge and understanding.
• Demonstrate the ability to design and critique curriculum that incorporates DP standards and practices and addresses the objectives of subject specific and core element related learning;
• Articulate the role and purpose of command terms within the IB Diploma

Essay: the role of theory of knowledge in learning and teaching (2,500 words) due week 10, 50%
Essay: the use of TOK, CAS or the EE in specific academic disciplines (2,500 words) due week 13, 50%

Attendance at all classes (tutorial/seminars/practical classes/lectures/labs) is obligatory. Failure to attend 80% of classes will normally result in failure in the subject.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completion of this subject students should have:

• Demonstrate an understanding of essential knowledge and skills for using the DP curriculum framework;
• Comprehend the intellectual, social and psychological aspects of their work with learners and synthesise theory and practice;
• Evaluate and reflect upon their teaching and on the work of the institutions/communities in which they teach.

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