Curriculum Planning with Design Language: Building Elegant Courses and Units

✍ Scribed by Ken Badley

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 232
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Curriculum Planning with Design Language provides a streamlined, adaptable framework for using visual design terminology to conceptualize instructional design objectives, processes, and strategies. Drawing from instructional design theory, pattern language theory, and aesthetics, these ten course and unit design principles help educators break down and clarify their broader planning tasks and concerns. Written in clear, direct prose and rich with intuitive examples, this book showcases insights leading to effective curriculum design that will speak equally to pre-service and experienced educators.

✦ Table of Contents

Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Designing Instruction
Chapter 2: Introducing the Patterns
Chapter 3: Strong Centres
Chapter 4: Boundaries
Chapter 5: Entrances and Exits
Chapter 6: Coherence and Connections
Chapter 7: Green Spaces
Chapter 8: Public and Private
Chapter 9: Repetition and Variety
Chapter 10: Gradients, Harmony, and Levels of Scale
Chapter 11: Master Plans and Organic Development
Chapter 12: Agile, Light Structures
Chapter 13: Agile Unit Design
Chapter 14: Conclusion
Author Biography
Index