Interweaving Curriculum and Classroom Assessment: Engaging the Twenty-First-Century Learner

Through an innovative approach that promotes skills- and inquiry-based learning, this unique text encourages both new and experienced teachers to think of assessment and curriculum simultaneously instead of separately. This integrated method shows educators how to create highly engaging teaching strategies that will support students in reaching their full potential in the classroom.

Table of Contents:
Preface ; Introduction: The Twenty-First-Century Learning Experience ; A Framework for a New Story for Education ; What Is the Old Story? ; Toward the New Story ; Our Stories ; The Chapters Ahead ; Professional Discussion Questions ; 1. Toward a New Story of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment ; What Is Curriculum? ; What Is Instruction? ; What Is Assessment? ; Guiding Principles of Assessment ; The Emerging New Story ; Conclusion ; Professional Discussion Questions ; 2. Know Your Curriculum Documents and Know Your Students ; Know Your Curriculum ; Understanding Curriculum Documents ; Know Your Students ; Conclusion ; Professional Discussion Questions ; 3. Backward Design with Assessment in Mind ; Backward Design with Assessment in Mind ; Applying Integrated Thinking ; Designing the Curriculum ; General Guidelines for Creating Assessment Tasks and Tools ; Infusing the Spirit of Assessment for Learning into Teaching and Learning ; Closing the Loop in Curriculum Planning ; Conclusion ; Professional Discusssion Questions ; 4. Exploring Inquiry and Interdisciplinary Models ; Inquiry-Based Learning ; Moving Toward Student-Centred Inquiry Learning ; Interdisciplinary Learning ; What Is Interdisciplinary or Integrated Curriculum? ; Comparing Approaches ; Conclusion ; Professional Discussion Questions ; 5. Integrating the Curriculum ; The Five Ws of Curriculum Integration ; Designing a Sample Interdisciplinary Unit ; A Checkbric for Your Curriculum Design ; Thinking about Assessment ; Conclusion ; Professional Discussion Questions ; 6. The Twenty-First-Century Teacher ; Revisiting the Story Model ; The Personal Story ; The Cultural and Global Story ; My Story? ; Conclusion - Both/And ; Professional Learning Questions ; Glossary ; References ; Index

About the Author :
Susan M. Drake, Professor, Faculty of Education, Brock University, Joanne L. Reid, Ph.D. candidate, Faculty of Education, Brock University, Wendy Kolohon, System Curriculum Lead Teacher, Bluewater District School Board Susan M. Drake is a professor in the Faculty of Education at Brock University. She is an award-winning educator and internationally regarded expert on curriculum development and implementation. In addition to consulting with numerous school boards in Canada and the United States, she is the author of nine books on curriculum. Joanne L. Reid is a Ph.D. candidate in the Faculty of Education at Brock University. She has written the course, evaluation guide, and teacher's guide for several secondary English credits available through the Independent Learning Centre (ILC/TVO). Wendy Kolohon is the system curriculum lead teacher for the Bluewater District School Board and an award-winning teacher at the primary-junior level.