Instructor: Professor:Dr. Cecil Carter
 
 

Phone	(941) 590-7794
Fax	(941)590-7801
Email	ccarter@fgcu.edu
Office	Academic Building 3, Room 294
Office Hours	Monday&Wednesday: 1:00pm-4:00pm Other times by appointment

Text: Ornstein, AllenC. and Hunkins, Francis P., Curriculum Foundations: Principles and Issues,Third Edition, Allyn and Bacon, Boston, 1998

Catalog Description: Introductory course in Curriculum and Instruction at the graduate level, basic to allspecified courses in the field. Emphasis on foundations, design, basic concepts, theory and trends in curriculum from early childhood through secondary levels.

Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to demonstrate the following:

knowledge of the principles of curriculum development;

the ability to identify and organize resources to achieve curricular and instructional goals;

the ability to employ principles of curriculum implementation by establishing goals and motivating staff;

an understanding of the methods and principles of program evaluation;

the ability to determine school needs and to use the principles of implementing and evaluating curricular and instructional innovations;

knowledge of the most prevalent concepts of schooling;

knowledge of research on instructional effectiveness;

knowledge of student performance evaluation; and,

knowledge of the main components of a performance measurementsystem.

Course Web Page: Thecourse web site contains all assignments for the class, focusing questionsfor each chapter of the text, copies of the professor's notes for eachchapter, links related to each of the chapters, and a link to the FGCUonline conferencing tool, WebBoard. Unless otherwise noted, students willrespond to activities and assignments on the WebBoard.

Course Requirements:Students are responsible for (1) reading the text and other readings, (2)completion of a book review, and (3) satisfactory performance on the mid-termand final examinations, (4) participation in group and class on-line conferencesand chats.

Book Reviews: Each studentwill present one review of a book assigned by the instructor. The reviewshould be two to three pages in length. Post your book reviews to the BookReviews conference on WebBoard nolater than Apr. 1 for your classmates to read. You can do this eitherby copying and pasting the text into a message or, if you know how, byuploading the file to WebBoard.(Mac users: If you choose to upload the file, make sure there are no spacesin the file name and that the file name has an extension (such as review.doc).

Examinations: An onlinemid-term and an online final examination will be given. Students will beresponsible for all material covered in the readings, conferences and chats.Instructions on how to take the online exams will be given prior to thetests. America Online users will not be able to access the online tests.These users are strongly encouraged to use a different ISP for their courseworkor to come to the campus computer labs for their online tests.

Chats: The initial chat session will be Monday January 14 at 5:00. Onlinechats with the instructor will be held every other Monday evening from5:00pm to 6:00pm, beginning Jan 21. Participation in chats isoptional. Online chats take place on the class WebBoard. To access theonline chat, click the black and white "Chat" tab at the top left of theWebBoardscreen. Please note that America Online users frequently have troubleaccessing or remaining logged on to chats. Those users are encouraged touse a different ISP for their coursework or to come to the campus labsfor chats.

Feedback: Your feedback is important to me. From time to time I would like to ask you some questions about your progress as you go through the course. Your responses will be anonymous. This will help me make improvements.

Grading Policy: A = 90-100;B = 80-89; etc.
 
 

Midterm Exam	30%
Final Exam	30%
Book Review	25%
Participation (including group participation)	15%

First Class Attendance Policy:Students in distance learning classes must make contact with the instructorwithin the first two weeks of classes or they will be dropped.

Schedule
 
 

Jan 14	Class Begins - Online Chat
Part I
Jan 21	The Field of Curriculum
Jan 21	Philosophical Foundations of Curriculum
Feb 4	Historical Foundations of Curriculum
Feb 4	Psychological Foundations of Curriculum
Feb 18	Social Foundations of  Curriculum
Feb 18	Curriculum Theory
By Feb 24	MIDTERM EXAM (PostedFeb11)
Part II
Mar 4	Curriculum Development
Mar 4	Curriculum Design
Mar 18	Aims, Goals and Objectives
Mar 18	Curriculum Implementation
Apr 1	Curriculum Evaluation
Apr 1	Curriculum Issues and Trends
Apr 15	Future Directions for Curriculum Book Review Due
By Apr 29	FINAL EXAM (Posted Apr 1)