CSI603 Curriculum Planning, Organization and Evaluation

Students will identify, analyze, and critique theoretical frameworks and practical applications of multiple perspectives on curriculum planning, organization, and evaluation. Aspects of official, enacted, overt, hidden, null, and out-of-school curricula will be explored. All perspectives will be considered through critical examination of contemporary curriculum concepts, practices, and proposals that are dominant at the time the course is offered. The course will involve a 15-hour field research project as well as group deliberation regarding the ways in which various forms of curriculum analysis can be used to understand and enhance ongoing curriculum plans in a school, district, or other educational setting. Prerequisite(s): Admission to CSI doctoral program OR permission of instructor 3 semester hours