The Coherent Curriculum

Develop (or redevelop) a course, and produce a ‘Curriculum Document’ for a course, course segment or a program, with the following elements under the headings below in bold

❑ Clear title that coveys the curriculum document content

❑ Introduction to the curriculum, including the context and students targeted.

❑ Information from literature on learning and teaching ‘issue’to be focussed on is utilised, highly pertinent to the document, represented concisely and ‘backgrounded’ (all sources cited).

❑ Stated conceptual framework or specified rationale. Eg Bloom’s Taxonomy, MELT, etc

❑ Goals and Objectives clearly stated and assessment tasks andlearning activities that are well-aligned (includes overview of assessment and learning tasks)

❑ Comprehensive curriculum mapof all elements (see page 4: use this map or another way of arranging visually)

❑ How the curriculum elements explicitly address relevant learning issues in the literature