EDUC 522 Principles of Curriculum Development and Assessment
The course is an introduction to the development of instructional systems. Topics surveyed include needs assessment, learner analysis, instructional analysis, specification of instructional objectives, selection of instructional strategies, and media. The course will survey theoretical positions in learning and cognition with emphasis on their relevance to the design of classroom learning environments. Contemporary curriculum theories and Curriculum as an interrelated agent of conceiving and effecting change will be stressed. Trends and practices, instructional and resource materials, and methods and techniques in education will be covered.