Curriculum Design: intent, implementation and impact

This course will help you to design and implement a curriculum that leads to students’ long-term retention and deep understanding of the subjects studied.

Based on a wealth of research, Chris will guide you through the design and implementation process and provide a wide range of practical steps to help you turn the ideas into practice.

Intent

• The basic principles of learning – what it is (and isn’t) and the difference between remembering and knowing
• The importance of curriculum breadth, cultural capital, and powerful knowledge
• The Importance of vocabulary
• How to create an evidence-informed progression model based on research into how learning happens
• The importance of clearly defined curriculum end-points
• The portrayal of progress towards endpoints

Implementation

• How to effectively sequence the curriculum
• Effective pedagogy for sustained student progress, including writing to learn and dual-coding
• Pedagogical Content Knowledge for deep understanding

Impact

• Important questions about assessment
• Monitoring of curriculum provision

• What makes an effective curriculum
• The research that underpins effective learning, including cognitive load theory
• The importance of sequencing towards carefully planned curriculum end-points
• The importance of schema development and procedural fluency.

• Many practical activities that can be used in a range of subjects across the primary curriculum
• Examples of curriculum materials
• CPD ideas to help your teachers to improve their knowledge of  curriculum design and implementation
• A comprehensive reading list of research that will help you to explore in more detail the aspects of the course.