Education Research Solutions
Curriculum Learning
Education Research Solutions
Curriculum Learning
Teachers repeatedly give positive feedback on the Curriculum Organiser – the key point being that it saves them planning time, so that they can focus on teaching.
Saves time and reduces workload
Teachers are not expected to be curriculum writers – they are teachers. The task of writing curriculum is highly specialised and is the work of trained professionals, responsible for curriculum development. The vast range of examples and ideas, means that teachers no longer have to re-invent the wheel.
The Curriculum Organiser is designed as a personal curriculum centre that contains all the documents required to develop a learning program, in one location. The ready access to all documents saves time.
Curriculum Organiser reduces time on paper work and provides more time for my kids. Anne McKeown |
Balanced life for teachers
It is important for teachers to be well balanced, happy, relaxed and enthusiastic human beings. If the stress of writing curriculum is placing excessive demands on teacher’s personal and family life, then it also has a negative impact on classroom experiences.
Partners, spouse and children love it too. We can now ‘have a life’. Husband who bought the program for his wife |
Brings all parts of the jigsaw together
There are many elements of planning that a teacher has to consider every lesson:
Why we teach, what, when, how, with-what, so-what, how-well, for-whom.
There are also many different expectations of teachers from the principal, students, parents and the system. The Curriculum Organiser helps to bring all the parts of the Jigsaw together.
Classroom experiences are more interesting.
The program is designed to connect ‘curriculum’ and ‘pedagogy’ i.e. the learning program has explicit learning strategies embedded in the program that naturally promotes interesting classroom experiences.
Incorporates existing plans
Many teachers are very creative people and have developed some brilliant programs that continue to work well. This work is valued and continues to be the centre piece of the learning program.
It can be incorporated into the program, and there is the option to supplement ideas from the Curriculum Organiser.
I really like the way documents are easy to find. I can use my own plans and the fantastic ideas and suggestions awaken the creative juices. Jess Plenty |
Organises resources from all sources
The Curriculum Organiser is an ‘organiser’ and provides the means to create folders, to organise all planning documents systematically. Documents can be imported or hyperlinked from all sources e.g. First Steps and then connected with personal plans, so that it is immediately available, just as you need it.
Fantastic resource, it is all in one location: First Steps…. I love the idea of importing from elsewhere. Ruth McGorrin |
Improved teacher professional satisfaction
Teachers say that they are now enjoying their teaching because students are more engaged and behaviour problems have decreased.
I am now enjoying my teaching more, as the stress has been reduced and the classroom is a more relaxed and stimulating place. |
