A day in Oxford... 2

Eleanor Rawling
Planning the new KS3 curriculum book - available from GA Shop3 levels of GA support: 'Planning' book, 'Assessment' book (Paul Weeden) and 'Toolkit'

Programme of Study as a series of questions.

Key concepts and key processes are not where planning starts.
Minimal content, but is mixed up with the criteria for choosing more. The book separates out the content from the criteria, and provides a 'ready made' suggestion for topics.
Focus on concepts:
  • What are they and what are you supposed to do with them ?
  • PoS doesn't tell you...
Have to start planning to end up with an appreciation of the concepts, rather than starting with them...
Concepts as a skeleton to hang the flesh (content)
Concepts represent "economies of thought" (HMI, 1972)
Concepts have been selected (and may well change...)

OCR GCSE Pilot: FUGIS - 5 concepts
Importance of teachers knowing their subject, and also the PoS, which means that teachers should also know their curriculum planning.

GA Website: resources available for GA members
Page for each concept, but not suggesting that they are separate.

Yr 7: Going Global - not starting with local...
Yr 8: Places to Remember
Yr 9: Me and My Space

Different types of curriculum planners - original idea came from some financial advice - irony of this...
Spiral curriculum...

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