EDUC 520 Curriculum and Instruction I

This course emphasizes instructional design principles for content-area teachers in grades 5-12. Students utilize the backward design framework to develop a three-to four-week unit plan. In the context of this project, they articulate learning goals, design valid formative and summative assessments, evaluate curricular resources within the content area, and develop project-based modes of assessment. Class sessions focus on the intersection of participants’ classroom experiences with effective instruction and discipline-specific resources. Offered online. Enrollment limited to graduate students in education.