This course unit belongs to the vast field of curricular studies, emerging from curriculum development area. Considering curricular development a process of deductive nature, it manifests itself in even finer actions, with stratified intervention levels and sequential phases. As such, building various definitions of the concept of curriculum, this course unit promotes the understanding of the meaning of curricular development in the context of education, responsible for defining, framing and featuring some of their elements, this is during the lective pratice.
Curriculum Curriculum development Learning context
Students are expected to become familiar with the definitions of the curriculum but to know how to apply them, in a consistent manner, to the procedural praxis of the same curriculum, ie. in certain stages of the curricular development. Distinguishing and featuring the levels of intervention and the different phases of the development curriculum, students should be able to situate them in different learning contexts. Finally, students should also be able to distinguish, both in theory and in practice, the functions of creating a curriculum and applying it in the field.
(1) Concepts of curriculum and curricular development; (2) Phases of curricular development; (3) Process of curricular development in situation; (4) Curriculum and the diversity of learning contexts.
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E-learning (fully online).
Evaluation is made on individual basis and it involves the coexistence of two modes: continuous assessment (60%) and
final evaluation (40%). Further information is detailed in the Learning Agreement of the course unit.
Reading comptence in English and basic IT competences are required. Students are encouraged to complete the coursework on time, and to participate in discussions in order to offer a firm and constructive contribution.