Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills required to coordinate and manage curriculum in educational institutions; appreciate the significance of state, national and international educational politics on the framing of curriculum; critically appraise the current curriculum content in the state of Victoria.
Synopsis This subject will focus on curriculum administration at the macro or system level, the micro or regional level, and the institutional or school level. With specific reference at each level to the membership, role, operational strategies and effectiveness of the formal and informal networks and structures of curriculum power; the skills essential to effective staff management in the curriculum context - including staff selection, continuing education, supervision and monitoring, etc.; the factors influencing decision-makers at each level and the impact of the contextual environment on the relative significance of these factors; financial issues in curriculum management; the management of research and development, dissemination, implementation and evaluation; the role of `society' and its non-school agencies in influencing curriculum management; mobilising community resources for curriculum development; curriculum administration and its place in the hierarchy of educational leadership and influence.
Assessment Seminar participation + Two written assignments + One oral class presentation