William Evans, Jonathan Savage

Developing a Local Curriculum

Using your locality to inspire teaching and learning

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Developing a Local Curriculum explores how your local area and its resources can be used as a stimulus and inspiration for curriculum development. It examines the ways in which the geography, history, culture and people within your local area can enrich the learning experiences offered to students to make them more relevant and meaningful. This exciting new book aims to inspire you to develop a curriculum that is meaningful for pupils and gives them a strong sense of connection with their local area and understanding of its past, future and present.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 173mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780415708920
• ISBN-10: 0415708923
• Artikelnr.: 41361880

Autorenporträt

William Evans is Senior Lecturer in Education at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Jonathan Savage is Reader in Education and Enterprise Fellow at the Institute of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is also Managing Director of UCan Play, a not-for-profit company dedicated to supporting innovative approaches to education with technology.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Area-Based Approaches to Curriculum Development 2. The Geography of
Place 3. The History of Place 4. The Culture of Place 5. Community,
People and Place 6. Devising an Area-Based Curriculum and a
Cross-curricular Pedagogy 7. Local and Personal Learning Networks 8.
Developing Teaching and Learning Partnerships for Curriculum
Development 9. Evaluating and Sharing Your Work