ED 340 - Curriculum and Assessment in Teaching

The primary purpose of this course is to help preservice teachers learn to think like a high-quality classroom teacher. The course will help students think as a teacher would about the development of curriculum, including what motivates humans to learn and how learning happens; sources and standards which guide curriculum development; the identification of grade-appropriate content and skills; and outlining the purposes and objectives of instruction. Students will understand that learning is culturally situated so curriculum must be interrogated for relevance to the contexts and communities in which children and adolescents learn. Students will demonstrate increasing independence and autonomy in curriculum design, collaborative skills in group work, formats of classroom assessment design, and evaluation of standardized assessments. Students will become aware of broader local, state and national assessment issues beyond the classroom, and will understand the impact of these assessments on the professional practice and the lives of classroom teachers.

Note: Meets Writing Intensive Learning Outcome (WI)

Four credits.

Prerequisite(s): ED 240 and ED 322.