| Class Meeting Number 1 |
| Curriculum vs. Instruction A- Curriculum: An overall design for an educational program. The curriculum for a CBVE (Competency Based Vocational Education) program consists of four major components: a validated program task listing, performance standards, criterion referenced performance and knowledge tests, and learning activities (Blank, 1962). B- Instruction: The effective delivery of curriculum materials using a collection of skills, talents, modeling behaviors and presentational tools. |
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| The Learning "key" |
| What are the elements in a curriculum document? Glad you asked. That's what this whole course is all about: what goes into the document, why it goes there, and where you find out how to do it. Just for shorthand, these are the things that make up a written Curriculum document. Each will be explained in turn during the class this semester. 1. The Title Page 2. The Course Philosophy 3. The Course Description 4. Course Syllabus 5. Occupational Analysis 6. Validated Competency Listing based upon the Certificate of Occupational Proficiency 7. A Written Performance Standards for each task 8. Competency Reporting System 9. Instructional Activities 10. List of Resources used |
| You can find more information on these elements on the DOE web site, or at the Massachusetts Center for Career & Technical Education web site. Both of these url's are found on the home page, or can be gotten by clicking below: Mass. Department of Education Mass. Center for Career & Technical Education |