Curriculum Thinking. Blog collection all in one place.

I’ve written a lot about curriculum in the last year or so… so here’s a one-stop-shop to access them all in place:

Clarification about the idea of ‘knowledge rich’ and the wider context.

• What is a knowledge-rich curriculum? Principle and Practice.
• The great gift of knowledge and the joy of passing it on.
• Knowledge and skills: Explicit; sequenced and, ultimately, interwoven.
• Trivium 21st C: Could this be the answer?
• Signposting the hinterland: practical ways to enrich your core curriculum.

Curriculum Review process:

• Your curriculum defines your school. Own it. Shape it. Celebrate it.
• A suggested 10-step plan:  10 Steps for Reviewing Your KS3 Curriculum
• List of common questions from all KS3 subjects: Curriculum Review at KS3: Some common issues.
• Links to various models (KS2, KS3 history/English) to illustrate the need to compare and contrast to establish your curriculum values: Designing Curriculum: Values, quality, preferences – and sofa theory.

Short posts exploring ideas about the knowledge that matters:

• Curriculum Notes #1: Start out real, concrete, authentic.
• Curriculum Notes #2:  Big picture first: then zoom in.
• Vietnam, Ali, reading and the powerful knowledge gap.

A map/terrain metaphor to explore the process of making choices, mapping out a knowledge domain:

• Mapping curriculum terrain: The beaten track and beyond.
• Curriculum Maps: Knowing New York; Knowing about New York.

Blending knowledge with creativity and other curriculum elements.

• Mode A + Mode B = Effective teaching and a rich enacted curriculum
• Eureka! Teaching for creativity. C = f (K, P, D)