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Course Discription |
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This course deals with the main educational philosophies and theories (Essentialism, Encyclopedism, Pragmatism, Constructivism, and Islamism), and clarifies the foundations for building the curriculum (Philosophical, Epistemological, psychological, and Sociological) in the light of each of them, and their implications for each of the elements of the curriculum (objectives, content, methods and activities, and evaluation). In addition, it highlights the most important global trends in curricular design and organization (discrete subjects, activity, pivotal, curriculum unit, integrative, environmental, technological, global, hidden, and other Curricula). Finally, it emphasizes the practical aspect so that students touch the mentioned features in the Jordanian curricula, practice content analysis procedures in light of specific criteria, and discuss some recent issues, topics and developments that it is hoped will be included in the curricula later on. |