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Assignment - Curriculum Design and Development
QUESTION 1 - As the senior Information Technology (IT) educator at your school/educational institution, justify to the staff how computers can make their work "easier".
Use appropriate application examples to convince them.
QUESTION 2 - Teaching and learning resources can be regarded as carriers of the curriculum. Critique this statement.
QUESTION 3 - All curricula have content, regardless of their design or development models.
Debate this statement in light of the principles of selecting content.
QUESTION 4 - Before planning for the school year, the school management team (SMT) and the educators must identify curricular strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) in the school/educational institution. The following five weaknesses in your school/educational institution have been identified:
4.1 Un/under qualified educators.
4.2 Lack of adequate lesson planning.
4.3 Test and examination papers are not "balanced" as per levels of questions.
4.4 Poor literacy levels among Grade 6 learners.
4.5 School Based Assessment (SBAs) are not being applied as per Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS).
For each of the above curricular weakness, propose ideas on how these weaknesses can be addressed.
Word limit: Approximately 4500 words.