Building a Curriculum:

A Recipe for Success

Zehour Al Sabban
Corey Heerschap
Christine Racette

October 3rd, 2014

Topic Content
Subject: How to design a formal curriculum
Multiple techniques to build a curriculum
Kerns 6+2 Steps Approach
Hardens 10 Questions to answer
Biggs Model of Constructive Alignment in Curriculum Design

Objectives:
Attitude: Be aware of three different models of curriculum development
Skills: Experience the application of Kerns method to build a curriculum
Knowledge: Identify Kerns 6+2 steps of curriculum development

Lesson Plan
15 minutes

Ice-breaker

15 minutes

15 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes

30 minutes

20 minutes

30 minutes
15 minutes
15 minutes

5 minutes
10 minutes

30 minutes

Presentation
Interactive Teaching
Presentation
Think/Pair/Share
Interactive activity + Presentation

Break

35 minutes

15 minutes

Planning a Curriculum
Problem Identification
o General Needs Assessment
Learners Needs Assessment
Goals and Objectives Setting

Educational Strategies
o Curriculum Mapping

Implementing a Curriculum
Evaluating a Curriculum
Maintenance and Enhancement
Dissemination

Conclusion
Assessment
Questions and Feedback

Presentation + Small group work

Interactive Teaching
Presentation
Interactive Teaching + Presentation
Presentation
Presentation
Presentation
Pre/post Evaluation

Group organization
Our objectives:

Our challenges:

Our tasks:

Team connection:

Learning about the art of building a

curriculum
Create an interactive workshop for adult
learners
Increasing our peers knowledge

Workshop outline
Increasing our knowledge
o Adult Learners
o Curriculum Design
o Workshop Design
Developing the Workshop
Creating educational material

Learning at the same time

as building teaching
material
Time conflict

Meeting every 2nd Thursday

Email, Google Drive, Skype

References
Dent JA, Harden. A Practical Guide for Medical Teachers. Second ed. United
Kingdom: Elsevier Limited; 2005.
Kaufman DM. Applying educational theories in practice. BMJ 2003 BMJ Publishing
Group Ltd;326(7382):213-216.
Kern DE, Thomas PA, Howard DM, Bass EB. Curriculum Development for Medical
Education. United States: The Johns Hopkins University Press; 1998.
Mohanna K, Cottrell E, Wall D, Chambers R editors. Teaching Made Easy. Third ed.
United Kingdom: Radcliffe Publishing Ltd.; 2011. p.81-99.