The primary curriculum design handbook

Book Details. Will be clean, not soiled or stained. See all 3 brand new listings. Buy It Now. Add to cart. Sold by awesomebooksusa About this product Product Information Schools across the world are struggling to balance the statutory requirements of a National Curriculum with their desire to provide the wide, engaging and exciting curriculum that they know children need. Concerns about standards often lead to a narrowing of the curriculum and many schools lack the confidence and approach to design that would enable them to resolve what seems like an impossible dilemma.

In this authoritative yet engaging book, Brian Male looks at how schools can meet the requirements of a National Curriculum and yet be flexible enough to meet the needs, interests and concerns of pupils, to be rooted in their lives and localities and to give scope for teachers to use their own creativity.

The Primary Curriculum Design Handbook is a practical guide on how to design a curriculum that will engage children's interest, excite their imaginations and at the same time provide them with the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to live successfully in the 21st Century.

It is inspiring and refreshing tohave a book about the curriculum that first and foremost recognises all schoolsare different. This book does not giveyou an off-the-shelf curriculum but guiding principles to lead you intorevisiting and redefining your goals for the curriculum to prepare yourlearners for the rapidly changing society we live in.

Furthermore, it is a powerful tool insupporting schools to confidently articulate their understanding of how theircurriculum is personalised to meet the needs of their learners within anational and global context. He has dedicated his life to ensuring that our childrenare rewarded with the curriculum they deserve; rich, dynamic, contextual andrelevant.

This guide is a culmination of his work, his thinking, his genius. Please read it, use it and help to make the greatest difference to curriculumand ultimately, our children! It won't take long to read and reading it is a joy! Brianhas managed to bring together all his wisdom from many years of successfulexperience helping teachers make learning irresistible for kids, all hisknowledge of the most effective education systems in the world, all hispracticality in making great curriculum design simple and all his wit inlampooning the nonsense and the waffle and ideological mumbo jumbo around whatirresistible learning looks and feels like.

Just imagine if every child inevery class had the chance to experience and thrive within the dynamiccurriculum this book explains, curriculum design for learning experiences thatput learners at the heart, that excites their imaginations, extends theirhorizons, meets their intellectual and personal needs and prepares them to beactive citizens in a global society. With this book they might just. Thankyou Brian this is simply the best and most helpful book on the art of teachingthat I have read for a very, very long time.

Buy it read it share it withevery teacher you know. Justimagine if every child in every class had the chance to experience and thrivewithin the dynamic curriculum this book explains, curriculum design forlearning experiences that put learners at the heart, that excites theirimaginations, extends their horizons, meets their intellectual and personalneeds and prepares them to be active citizens in a global society.

With thisbook they might just. Thank you, Brian. BDR Global Catalog. Item added to basket. Checkout Continue Shopping.

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