Elementary Education Curriculum Design and Development

This course will focus on analyzing curriculum and conceptualizing and designing curriculum for children in grades 1 through 6. Candidates will use classroom observation techniques to analyze curriculum content, structures, and schedules in classrooms. Candidates will align New York City, New York State, and content professional organization standards for learning with curriculum design goals. The observations coupled with a working knowledge of curriculum/content standards will serve as the basis for understanding new approaches to curriculum design, content and structures, particularly the integration of curriculum content through themes, issues, and/or disciplines. Candidates will conceptualize, design, and develop thematic units that reflect content learning standards, supported by a theoretical rationale serving as a framework for creating lesson plans and student plan for one-week integrated curriculum unit.

Fall, Spring