The purpose of this course is to advance students' understanding of contemporary theoretical underpinnings of curriculum. In this course, the curriculum is understood as both the explicit planned course of learning put before students, and the hidden or latent experiences that students encounter in school and community settings. Students become familiar with the theoretical orientation of research on curriculum and to be able to evaluate the worth of research related to curriculum issues.
Outcomes: Students will pose a problem, a question or a series of questions that would address the problem, collect data to facilitate answering some or all of the questions, analyze the data, and produce a series of reports on the state of their research in school and community settings.
Outcomes: Students will pose a problem, a question or a series of questions that would address the problem, collect data to facilitate answering some or all of the questions, analyze the data, and produce a series of reports on the state of their research in school and community settings.