EDUC771-Curriculum Reflection Assignment
You have observed multiple examples of curriculum planning in your life. This assignment will allow you to reflect on the topic of curriculum planning and to consider the curriculum influences in your life. It is important for you to examine your position on these topics, in order to have awareness of your curriculum theory preferences and your curriculum decisions.
Instructions
1. Download the Curriculum Reflection Template.
2. Complete the Curriculum Reflection Template. Review the template section descriptions below.
Importance of Planning
Discuss your views on the importance of planning for the curriculum change plan process. Select a Bible verse and articulate how it philosophically relates to curriculum planning and development. Describe why you think that planning is important for the curriculum change process. Explain how you are doing with your planning process for the curriculum change plan.
Curriculum Influences
Reflect upon curriculum examples of four of your teachers. Draw from your knowledge of specific teacher examples from your elementary school, middle school, high school, and college/university levels. (If you have negative teacher descriptions, please use pseudonyms or initials for the names.) Discuss how your curriculum planning views have been influenced by the examples of these four teachers.
The entire assignment should be at least two pages long, not including the title page or references section. Use complete, error-free sentences. Use at least two scholarly resources to support the claims. Use at least one in-text citation from the textbook. Use at least one Bible verse to support your claims. Cite and attribute all information correctly in all needed locations. Use correct APA formatting for the entire assignment, including all in-text citations and references.
