Designing the Classroom Curriculum
LMQ2 : What do I aim to achieve in my students ?
Defining the Learning outcomes
LMQ2 is about setting the learning outcomes for the classroom curriculum . These learning outcomes are the chief focus for the classroom curriculum and are used as a reference in all subsequent learning management question responses . Particular reference is made to these LMQ2 statements at LMQ 5 ( the specific teaching strategies ) and LMQ7 ( the assessment strategy ).
Learning outcomes in the classroom situation have a predominately formal basis and so a Key Learning Area / subject Syllabus is the point of reference when establishing formal learning outcomes in classrooms . The syllabus Stage indicates what has to be achieved by students during their time in a stage . The findings in LMQ1 indicate where you should start teaching , while LMQ2 indicates what you should aim to achieve in students , in a given time period , by way of classroom curriculum ( for example , by the end of a school term or year ). LMQ2 defines the goals or success indicators and signals the content of the curriculum plan . It therefore becomes the starting point , in a backward mapping activity , for the learning strategies that are detailed in LMQ5 . It is important that the learning outcomes statements are right because they have an impact on the LMQs that follow .
Syllabus Stages are designed so that learning outcomes are graded over the course of the stage . A Stage in New South Wales ( Australia ), for example is generally two years . Given the two year scope of a syllabus stage and that syllabus learning outcomes cover a broad scope of knowledge ( the content ) to be achieved , the teacher breaks each syllabus learning outcome into instructional learning ‘ bits ’ or outcomes before commencing specific daily teaching segments . Syllabus Indicators can be used to frame instructional learning outcomes as they have already broken the syllabus learning outcomes into identifiable pieces . Teachers complete this process when they develop their daily teaching plan .
The Steps to Follow
Step 1 : Familiarize yourself with the syllabus and its outcomes . Step 2 : Ensure you have personal knowledge competency with the knowledge you are to teach .
Step 3 : Review the teaching starting point ---LMQ1 findings---and then the scope of teaching required for a given period of time ( select the syllabus learning outcomes that will constitute a unit , term , year , etc ).
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