Curriculum Development

Abstract

Practice teachers are expected to use a practice curriculum which has become more explicit and systematic. Specific training programmes are difficult for a practice teacher to get to grips with the course philosophy, the curriculum design and the placement pattern of a DipSW programme; it is nearly impossible to do this with a number of programmes. For the reason, the notion of contractual arrangements with one particular programme is becoming more attractive. This can be an agency-wide agreement or at individual practice teacher level and it means them contracting with a particular programme, perhaps to take a student for specific placement on a regular basis. They might want to include in their portfolio any &s;jigsaw pieces&s; they have been working on, in order to develop their own interpretation of the programme&s;s practice curriculum. Either way, they should include specific examples in their portfolio which show how they have translated some of the learning objectives into practice with a specific student.

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