Critically review a curriculum programme or scheme with which you are familiar, examining its aims and purposes and analysing the extent to which these are achieved in practice based on your own experience.

Assessment of the unit is through a single assignment of 5000 words.

The following title should provide all students with a suitable framework within which to discuss issues raised in the unit:

Critically review a curriculum programme or scheme with which you are familiar, examining its aims and purposes and analysing the extent to which these are achieved in practice based on your own experience.

As far as you are able you should include the different perspectives of relevant stakeholders in your analysis and identify overall strengths, limitations and possible areas for development.

The assignment is intended to be a reflective piece of writing using literature and other secondary sources. There is no expectation that any additional empirical data collection should be undertaken.

Students completing this unit as part of the IB Educator Certificate scheme will be required to choose one of the three IB programmes (Primary Years Programme, Middle Years Programme or Diploma Programme) as the focus for the assignment.