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What you actually teach.

WHAT TO ESTABLISH FIRST

What the learner should be able to do at the end.

WHY THAT FRAMING

It makes the programme assessable and it prevents content for its own sake.

WHAT TO WORK BACKWARDS FROM

Those outcomes.

WHAT TO DEFINE FOR EACH

The content required The activities that build the capability How it is assessed

WHAT CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO SCHOOLS

Those set by the relevant education authority.

WHAT TO ESTABLISH

What is mandatory and what is discretionary.

WHAT TO DO WITH DISCRETIONARY TIME

Something that distinguishes you.

WHAT VOCATIONAL PROGRAMMES REQUIRE

Alignment with what employers actually need.

HOW TO ESTABLISH THAT

Ask employers what they cannot find.

WHY

It is the difference between a programme that produces employment and one that does not.

WHAT TO BUILD IN

Practice, not only instruction.

WHY

Capability comes from doing.

WHAT TO AVOID

Content nobody uses Assessment that measures memory alone Programmes designed around what staff can teach rather than what learners need

WHAT TO SEQUENCE CAREFULLY

Foundations before what depends on them.

WHAT TO REVIEW

Whether learners actually achieve the outcomes.

HOW

Assessment results, and what happens to them afterwards.

WHAT TO TRACK

Employment or progression, for vocational programmes.


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