Curriculum Development

Question 1

Paula Kluth (2010)

Answer 1

Even students in preschool and kindergarten can participate in curriculum design by making choices about what they want to learn and bringing questions into the classroom. They may want to further develop their gifts and strengths.

Question 2

Roger Johnson & David Johnson (1994)

Answer 2

“The first requirement for an effectively structured cooperative lesson is that students believe that they ‘sink or swim together’.”

Interdependence is directly connected to a classroom where the students’ engagement is based around an equitable, accessible pedagogy. For the students to fully rely on one another they need to trust in the importance of each and every member of the classroom. With this accomplished, the classroom will be a comfortable and equitable environment where the students understand that their partners and classmates help facilitate learning just as much as the teacher.

Question 3

Thomas Hehir (2006)

Answer 3

“We often attempt to retrofit the children with inappropriate interventions after they have failed in school rather than design the instructional program from the beginning to allow for access and success. And, as is the case with architecture, the failure to design universally is inefficient and ineffective”

Question 4

Whitney H. Rapp & Katrina L. Arndt (2012)

Answer 4

This idea of a universal design for learning is based in the idea that a teacher designs their curriculum intentionally from the very start to be able to fit all different learning types and special needs.