Workshop w eek 12 Draft of Syllabus
If you t hink you’re overw helmed...you’re not alone!
Cit ing Kongsvik’s opening t houghts in Graves’ Conceptualizing Cont ent (2000, p.37):
“ It w as very difficult to concept ualize t he content of my course. There w ere so m any variables to t ake
int o account s. I found m yself lost several times during t he process. At one point , I st epped back and
focused on m y educational precept and t hen the goals and object ives of t he course. ....”
By referring to the result of needs analysis,
Goals (general, realistic, relat ively simp le) the basis for evaluat ion of t he course
Object ives (t he building blocks of syllabus, focus on what st udent s w ill learn/ what st udent s w ill be able t o, specific) the basis for assessment s of st udent learning
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________________________________________________________________________List of appropriate materials (by sort ing out the unnecessary ones from t he previous list)
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________________________________________________________________________Sociocult ural know ledge/ input
