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Designing the Classroom Curriculum
Planning for teaching activities on a daily basis is really the “nitty gritty” of a teacher’s work and
is characterised by the teacher laying out the specific steps that will constitute their teaching strategy.
There are three key considerations involved in answering this question on both levels.
1. Using the answers to the previous Learning Management questions, decide how each contribute
to the decisions you must make in developing your overall teaching strategy.
2. Assign Syllabus Learning Outcomes to direct each teaching episode --- to show a direct link to
what has to be achieved;
3. Use a Pedagogic Framework 28 to guide your Teaching Plan developments. Table 6.2, is one such
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A pedagogic framework, such as Dimensions of Learning, acts as a guide for the teacher when
they design teaching episodes. A pedagogic framework is underpinned and thus explicitly referenced to an
evidence base to enable the teacher to apply strategies that are known to have a high probability of learning
success.
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The Steps to Follow for the School Term Plan
Step 1: Decide how you will deliver a Classroom Curriculum during the term:
(1) As a series of Stand-alone key learning areas / subjects organised according to stipulated time
allocations, or
(2) As an integrated approach, where all key learning areas / subjects are integrated into one seamless
course of study over the school week, generally through a theme, or
(3) As a combination of standalone and integrated approaches.
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A pedagogic framework provides the teacher with a structure for teaching in that this structure links the ‘what’ the teacher does to a defined
evidence base.
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See http://files.hbe.com.au/samplepages/197133.pdf
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