CurriculumPlanning

Contents

Statutory requirements for curriculum provision

Science as part of the school curriculum

Curriculum design – driving factors

Learning pathways – who decides?

Action planning

Government policy

National Curriculum for all

Progression through a broad and balanced curriculum

Curriculum delivery - discrete subjects, integration, project based learning?

Action planning

Timetable constraints

Staffing issues

Resource implications

Examination entry

Action planning

Triple science in the changing landscape

Triple science in the science curriculum

Triple science in the whole school curriculum

What works for other schools

Action planning

Defining the process – Who, When and Why?

Defining the process – What and How?

Evaluating the impact – gathering feedback

Evaluating the impact – performance and progression

Action planning

Taking action - Suggested next steps

Evaluation

01.Exploring the current curriculum in your school

02. The curriculum in a national context

03. Potential issues arising from changing the curriculum model

04. Exploring different curriculum models for science

05. Developing a new curriculum model for science

06. Self evaluation and next steps

This iBook has been produced to help you as you develop your delivery of triple science so that your students are provided with curriculum pathways which enable all of those wishing to study triple science to do so.

The iBook is made up of six chapters, five of which provide a range of activities which explore aspects important in enabling students to access appropriate provision for triple science at GCSE and encouraging progression to science subjects at post-16 and beyond.

The final chapter, Self-evaluation and next steps, recognises the importance of planning a course of action and subsequently evaluating the impact upon students’ progress. With the exception of this last chapter, all of the chapters are free standing and can be explored in any order. This chapter can also be accessed from all of the other pages.

To access the chapter(s) that you select, simply click on the relevant chapter title from the contents page.

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Introduction

This page will give you the opportunity to:

• Identify aspects of the effective provision for and effective delivery of triple science which you might want to explore and develop with colleagues in your department;

• Consider how to make best use of the activities and resources provided in the chapter(s) you decide to explore.

This iBook can be used to support the review and development of triple science provision in your school. You will find it most helpful if you are:

• A science subject leader

• A curriculum planner

• A senior leader with responsibility for the line management of science.

It concentrates on long-term curriculum planning and design in science with particular, but not exclusive, reference to the provision of triple science at GCSE. The development of medium and short term plans (schemes of learning and individual lesson planning) is not the focus of this iBook though resources to support these areas can be found on the National STEM Centre eLibrary.

Each page contains activities to help you explore and reflect on different aspects of curriculum provision in science so as to enable you to provide a curriculum which is effective and appropriate to meet the needs of the students

in your school; some activities could be used to stimulate discussion and development within a science department meeting.

When selecting activities to try, it is recommended that you identify and select a few activities which support your priorities.

Please reflect on the impact of the activities you try.

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How to use the Curriculum Planning for

This page will give you the opportunity to:

• Consider how you might make best use of the activities contained within the chapter(s) you decide to explore further.SECTION 1

How to use the Curriculum Planning for Triple Science iBook