Nice metaphors. I used to think of the New York Times Cookbook approach to curriculum (prescriptive) vs. the Moosewood Cookbook approach (evolving, responsive to local produce and interests.)


>>> <jhalaesl at aol.com> 07/19/07 10:49 AM >>>


 meaning...do we define "curriculum" as a manual to follow page by page, or a pantry of ingredients from which we select


 


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-----Original Message-----
From: Lenore Balliro <lenore_balliro at worlded.org>
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Hi,
Are "manual" and "pantry" curriculum terms I haven't encountered yet?
thanks.


>>> <jhalaesl at aol.com> 07/19/07 9:49 AM >>>


 "Manual" or "pantry"???



different understandings of curriculum 


 


 


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-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Reid <sreid at workbase.org.nz>
To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List 
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Sent: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 6:48 pm
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1453] Re: From decorating ideas.....tocurriculum 
development










 Thanks David 

I am interested in such a discussion 

I facilitate 2 day  workshops around Curriculum Development for workplace 
literacy providers and am currently wrestling with a resource I want to put 
online 
Big thing I encounter is people's different understandings of curriculum 

Kia ora Susan 

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Sent: Monday, 16 July 2007 11:27 p.m.
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Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1420] From decorating ideas.....tocurriculum 
development

PD Colleagues,

I have recently been re-reading _Understanding by Design_, 2nd ed. ,a fine book 
by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe on curriculum development.  So, through that 
lens, I think that classroom "decorating" misses the point of adult education.  
I would ask, instead, as Wiggins and McTighe do, "What are the Big Ideas and 
Core Tasks?" of the curriculum, and how can the classroom (walls) help students 
understand those?

There are lots of ways to use the physical environment of the classroom for 
learning and assessment, once the Big Ideas/Core tasks are clear.  Each week the 

classroom walls could have questions, pictures, drawings, key words, hanging 
objects and two-dimensional sculptures that reflected just one Big idea or Core 
Task.  Or, if there were 20 weeks and 20 Big Ideas/Core Tasks, each week a wall 
area could be developed with the new Big Idea/Core Tasks so that by the end of 
the 20 weeks the walls had them all.  For classes where it isn't possible to put 

something on the wall, each week there could be a digital slide show of images 
that the teacher and students have found that exemplify the Big Idea/Core Tasks 
for that week. The best images could be saved for future classes.  Students' 
selections of images could also be a good formative assessment to help the 
teacher and the students determine how well students are understanding the Big 
Idea/Core Task.

Of course, there are other approaches to curriculum development, a Freirean 
approach for example, or a theme-based approach.

Since I have mentioned the UbD book, I wonder if other adult educators on the PD 

list have read and use this book, and/or what other books and approaches adult 
educators have found useful in curriculum development.  Jackie, perhaps if 
others are interested, "How to Do Curriculum Development Well" could be a 
discussion topic on the PD discussion list.  Some might argue that tional development takes place as 
teachers are trying to solve the problems of creating or improving their 
curriculum.  If others are intersted, perhaps this discussion could be an 
in-depth curriculum development "shop talk" week, where those whose passion is 
curriculum development are encouraged to talk about their approaches, books that 

help teachers understand curriculum development processes, satisfying 
experiences and frustrations helping teachers developing curriculum, and more. 
The goal would be to help adult education curriculum developers share and 
improve their approach/es to curriculum development. Anyone interested in nnita 
Solberg wrote:


> Speaking of decor---one thing I learned from veteran teachers when 

> teaching High School subjects to adults, many of whom come to us with 

> learning challenges, is that having a rocking chair in the room is a 

> huge asset.  Encourage students to use the rocker when they designate 

> their own time out, feel stressed and want to relax or just to think 

> and get the gears going again.  The calming effect is extraordinary.  

> By modeling use of the rocker, students know that teachers also have 

> time out needs.  Adult classes in our district also have 

> pets---animals and fish.  Students take turns being responsible for 

> care and cleaning of pens/tanks.  Rabbits are especially warm and 

> relaxing, as are fish.  We have also had hamsters and rats, snakes and 

> ant farms.

>

> Bonnita Solberg

> Teacher On Special Assignment

> Oakland  Adult and Career Education

>

>

>

> Barbara Garner <b.garner4 at verizon.net> wrote: Reading this question 

> reminded me of a "Focus on Basics" article from the Literacy and 

> Health issue. The article was about the Women, Violence, and Adult 

> Education project, led by the late Elizabeth Morrish. Project Hope, in 

> Massachusetts, runs a homeless shelter as well as running ABE classes. 

> (For the full article, go to http://www.ncsall.net/

> index.php?id=244) They did far more than put posters on the walls, and 

> the impact was profound:

> ...we were thinking, "How

> do we create positive conditions for learning?" My partner teacher 

> looked around and said, "Why don't we change the room?" So she held a 

> "visioning day" in her class. She asked her students to draw pictures 

> of what they would like the room to look like. She asked, "If you 

> could have anything you wanted in this room, what would it be? No 

> restrictions!" So the students drew these incredible pictures, and we 

> worked on the room all summer based on what they told us they wanted. 

> We painted the walls, added plants, put a little fountain in, got 

> halogen lights instead of the fluorescent ones, bought new, more 

> comfortable chairs. We hung a stained glass panel in the windowÃ- . By 

> the end of the summer, the room looked totally different. And when the 

> year began, we noticed a complete change in people's attitudes. They 

> were much more relaxed, much calmer

>

> Barb Garner

> Editor, "Focus on Basics"

> =====================

> From: Daphne Greenberg

> Date: 2007/07/14 Sat PM 09:18:06 CDT

> To: professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov

> Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 1409] decorating ideas?

>

> This is not a purely professional development question, but I think 

> that those interested in professional development may have good and 

> interesting ideas about my question.

> If an adult literacy program asked your advice about decorating it, 

> what would you suggest? For example, would you suggest posters that 

> show people reading, or some other educationally focused poster? Or 

> would you suggest something else? Any ideas where one can get posters 

> like the ones you would suggest?

> What types of decoration on the walls do your programs have?

> Thanks,

> Daphne

> Georgia State University

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