Shaken not stirred blended not blurred Intelligent Curriculum

Shaken, not stirred. . . blended, not blurred Intelligent Curriculum Design February 2009 Day 2

Creativity in education n Ken Robinson More Ken Robinson Read articles. Can we come up with a group consensus? Maybe a wordle?

The nature of it n n n School based action research No diagnoses No prescriptions Experimental Learning, not performance

The outcomes n n n to have a more detailed understanding of the key principles to develop models to pioneer new areas to produce practice-based guidance and resources to evaluate the impact of support to plan for and manage further developments

Curriculum design is not: n synonymous with designing a syllabus n a route map of what is to be taught n linear n an alphabet soup n a product

Blended, not blurred n n n The English Project Simulation Collaboration Scenario Mystery Theme And probably most importantly n Connectedness

Project outline Do you need to refine? n Timelines – do they need adjusting? n Outcomes – something we can share n Impact – how will you measure this? Last words. . .

Action research write up Introduction n Title n Abstract – summary statement n Visual representation, scanned in work, quotes etc. Something real Background and context of project n Issue n How identified n Methodology Review n Evaluation n Where next? n Contacts