Recap on Schemes of Work

What is a Scheme of Work?

• A detailed and specific plan outlining the content and structure of a course of study or an element of this course over a period of time.

• The same as the curriculum / course specification.

• A plan for one lesson.

• A marketing strategy for a school or college.

What are the priority areas to be included in a Scheme of Work?

• The integration of Maths, English and Employability skills.

• Only the list of subject specific topics to be covered

• A detailed biography of the teacher

• Learning objectives, subject content and Teaching, Learning and Assessment (TLA) methods.

What were the main messages / points of learning that you took from the Brewin article- The madness of writing schemes of work (or how I fell in love with curriculum design)?

Fill in the blank: Brewin initally saw little point in Schemes of Work are they were simply a glorified re-ordering of the ______ specification.

Brewin (2018) uses a powerful metaphor to explain his change in outlook towards Schemes of Work so that she had a 'great responsibility: to join in the telling of a _____.'

Match the following roles with their responsibilities: A) Teacher B) Student C) All the staff teaching on the course.

• B

• Collaborate on themes and what part of the story they are telling.

• C

• Communicate the narrative

• A

• Follow the story

In describing Schemes of Work as a "careful construction of a coherent narrative: one which respects the limitations of learners’ working memories; one which accounts for the inevitability of forgetting" which learning theory is aligned with these ideas?

• Behaviourism

• Humanism

• Cognitivism

• Constructivism

What was the significance of the attached image in the article?