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The Curriculum Design Coherence Model in the Knowledge-Rich School Project
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Rata, Elizabeth – Review of Education, 2021
This Research Report describes the trialling of the Curriculum Design Coherence (CDC) Model in the Knowledge-Rich School Project in New Zealand. The Project's findings suggest that a CDC Model curriculum development design programme may be of use more widely. The CDC Model achieves conceptual coherence and progression, firstly by using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Knowledge Level
Developing Teacher Curriculum Design Expertise: Using the CDC Model in the Music Classroom
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McPhail, Graham; Tibbles, Sally; Cornish, Mary – British Journal of Music Education, 2023
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the impact of the Curriculum Design Coherence Model (CDC Model -- Rata, 2019) on the design practice of two music teachers in a middle school music class in New Zealand. The CDC Model proposes that deep learning first requires deep design coherence. This coherence is generated by three interrelated design…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Music Teachers, Music Education, Middle School Teachers
The Search for Deep Learning: A Curriculum Coherence Model
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McPhail, Graham – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2021
The primary objective of this paper is to present a curriculum design model that extends the 'Powerful Knowledge' ideas of social realist theory. The Model called 'Curriculum Design Coherence' (CDC) hypothesizes an approach in which subject concepts and the subject's epistemic structure are central to the design process to enable deep learning.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Models, Epistemology, Realism
Collaborative Curriculum Design and the Impact on Organisational Culture
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Goode, Claire A.; Hegarty, Bronwyn; Levy, Carolyn – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
The organisational culture at New Zealand's Otago Polytechnic has been shifting as a result of the "Designing for Learner Success" initiative, which focuses on the redesign and redevelopment of all vocational and degree programmes to improve learner success. The four-phase process (Preparation--Design--Development--Delivery) follows…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Design, Organizational Culture, Alignment (Education)
Knowledge-Rich Teaching: A Model of Curriculum Design Coherence
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Rata, Elizabeth – British Educational Research Journal, 2019
A theoretical model called 'Curriculum Design Coherence' (CDC) is described and justified. The model's purpose is to assist teachers in the compulsory and higher education sectors to design courses that can accommodate the complex and interdependent relationship between concepts and content and between knowledge and skills. Its intended usefulness…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Instructional Design
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects. Appendix A: Research Supporting Key Elements of the Standards, Glossary of Key Terms
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Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2010
One of the key requirements of the Common Core State Standards for Reading is that all students must be able to comprehend texts of steadily increasing complexity as they progress through school. By the time they complete the core, students must be able to read and comprehend independently and proficiently the kinds of complex texts commonly found…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Glossaries