Module 21: Developing Abilities in a Dynamic Curriculum
Module description:
In relation to a working definition of the process of holistic development this module looks at the nature of, and use of, the idea of ‘developing abilities in a dynamic curriculum’ the teacher, or other practitioner, so as to encourage learning, professional development and/or personal growth.
“While our field has pioneered curriculum such as Creative Problem-Solving, Future Problem-Solving, Problem-Based Learning, critical thinking, higher-order Thinking, Advanced Placement, the International Baccalaureate, Junior Great Books, brain-based thinking, thematic curriculum, interdisciplinary curriculum, and the like, the postmodern curriculum theorists also ask us to engage in understanding what we are doing, why we are doing it, and whether we should continue to do it.” SEE http://personal.ashland.edu/~jpiirto/twelve.htm
Introductory reading/s to get started:
http://www.hent.org/maps_models.htm
http://www.hent.org/glossary.htm
http://www.infed.org/biblio/b-curric.htm
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/education/cerv-00.asp
http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=27279&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
A sense of the field can be obtained from Roger Stack’s ‘Map’ of Holistic Education see also his blog
