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What does a teacher need to consider when developing, implementing, and analyzing a curriculum unit?

What does a teacher need to consider when developing, implementing, and analyzing a curriculum unit?

In answering this question, use area(s) of emphasis concentration in your Masters program of studies as the specific subject area(s) for your curriculum unit and analysis. You may prepare one unit and analysis that integrates all your areas of emphasis concentration or develop units and analyses for each emphasis area. Be certain to:

briefly describe the unit. (For the paper, a unit is defined as a minimum total of five hours of instructional time spread over a period of 5 or more days.)
analyze the unit. The analysis is the most important part of the paper. As you write your analysis, please remember that it is a synthesis of the important knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for a teacher to develop and implement such a unit.
include research that supports your analysis by including at least 15 references to educational literature using correct American Psychological Association (APA) style for referencing. Of these references, at least 7 should be chosen from the reference list attached.

Content for the paper:
Students will write the paper according to the schedule set up by the department in each semester. The paper should answer the take-home question that draws on the following course work in their program as well as on their own learning and teaching practice:

General Pedagogical Courses:
CIE 681 – Elementary School Instruction
CIE 683 – Elementary Classroom Management
CIE 685 – Elementary Education Curriculum
CIE 687 – Curriculum Development Elementary Education
CIG 601, Curriculum and Instruction Urban Settings
CIG 602, Differentiated Curriculum and Instruction
CIG 603, Urban Education
CIG 690, Teachers as Action Researchers
CIG 692, Curriculum Evaluation in Education

Courses in Two of the Following Curricular Areas:
Mathematics Education
Science Education
Social Studies Education
Literacy Education
Multicultural Education
Technology Education
Teaching English as Second Language
Bilingual Education

Format for the paper:
The paper should be written using APA style. The paper should be 20-25 pages excluding cover, abstract, diagrams, figures, references, and appendix pages and should include the following sections:

Cover page that includes the following information in this order:
Question for culminating experience paper
Title of the paper (given by student based on the specific content of his or her paper)
Name of the Student
Student Number
Email
Telephone Number
Emphasis concentration Area(s)
Date of Submission
Advisor
Abstract page (less than 150 words) that includes:
Purpose of the paper
Major content of the paper
Brief conclusion
Brief outline of the unit (at least 5 hours of instructional time spread over 5 or more days) that includes:
Curricular and instructional goals and objectives.
Activities/experiences for students
Materials
Assessment tools
Analysis of the unit that includes:
A description of the students for whom you are developing the unit (grade level, needs, ethnicity, other demographic characteristics).
Information about the context (content emphasis concentration area(s), school information, cultural perspective, curricular and instructional goals and objective).
An explanation of the meaning of curriculum and instruction.
Model of curriculum development used, and rationale for identifying the model.
Your underlying philosophical perspective as it relates to curriculum and instruction.
How you are meeting the specific needs of students particularly in diverse settings, society, and subject matter.
Approaches to classroom management and classroom environment that help in the implementation of this unit.
Teaching strategies used throughout the unit and rationale for the strategies.
Approaches to formative and summative assessment of student learning.
A deep and comprehensive analysis about your experience in developing, teaching, and assessing the unit.
A discussion about what you learned about students, curriculum, instruction, management, and yourself as a teacher.