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The title of this blog is often attributed to Lord Kelvin, professor of natural philosophy (physics) at the University of Glasgow for the second half of the 19th century. As with many quotes used in popular culture, there is no evidence he said these words, although the sentiment is the same as the longer quote…
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In the preceding blogs in this series, I have provided my thoughts on some curriculum-making and instructional design theory and processes, with the occasional practical example. In this blog I will look at how such theory can be put to practical use. One observation, and suggestion, I would like to make is that no teacher…
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So far in this series of blogs, I have discussed some theoretical frameworks and then, using the properties of matter strand of physics looked at how the policy and programmatic curricula in a jurisdiction could be set out to support effective classroom curriculum making by teachers and groups of teachers working collaboratively. Figure 1: The…
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In this blog I would like to consider the purpose and content of a properties of matter strand in a science curriculum. It follows on from the previous blogs in the series where I set out some theoretical background, a case study from early in my career, and some observations from analysing curricula from different…
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In the first two blogs in this series, I have discussed some of the theoretical frameworks that can be used in curriculum and instructional design and then a case study describing the development of a research informed unit on the particle theory of matter. In this blog I would like to consider curriculum design relating…
