EDES 6103 Curriculum and Instructional Leadership

3 semester hours

What should students learn and experience in the classroom? Who decides the content and how it should be taught? How will we know that all students have mastered it? From antiquity to the present, human beings have clashed over these fundamental yet highly charged questions regarding the nature of curriculum. Drawing on theory and practice, past and present, this course explores answers to the above questions and looks at the direction of today’s education policies and practices, especially with regard to curriculum standards, accountability, and student assessment under No Child Left Behind.

Special approval required.