"Work out how you want pupils to be changed by the curriculum, and work back from there. What we know changes what we see: it creates resonance, recognition and capacity for comparison."
Some interesting pieces in the first of 3 curriculum specials in the TES today.
Some interesting pieces in the first of 3 curriculum specials in the TES today.
Lots of overlaps with work I was doing a decade ago at the GA...
The idea of a recipe sounds familiar.... "chop one red onion finely..."
It's worth getting hold of a copy, or copying the staffroom copy. Perhaps you could scan the pages and sell them on TES Resources?
Update
I was pleased to see a piece in there by Kieran Egan. His work was underpinning the presentation I gave at the GA Conference on Curriculum as Narrative. The idea of a "Narrative Led Curriculum" connects with what Kieran has to say about the emotional heft of what we teach...
"The three general ideas about education cannot themselves be subjected to research about which is better: they are not empirical matters. If anything, they are more obviously matters of emotion—what people feel matters most about human life."
It's worth getting hold of a copy, or copying the staffroom copy. Perhaps you could scan the pages and sell them on TES Resources?
Update
I was pleased to see a piece in there by Kieran Egan. His work was underpinning the presentation I gave at the GA Conference on Curriculum as Narrative. The idea of a "Narrative Led Curriculum" connects with what Kieran has to say about the emotional heft of what we teach...
"The three general ideas about education cannot themselves be subjected to research about which is better: they are not empirical matters. If anything, they are more obviously matters of emotion—what people feel matters most about human life."
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