Introduction to SLO Netherlands Expertise Center for Curriculum Development Harma Evers Loes Stadhou

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Title: Introduction to SLO Netherlands Expertise Center for Curriculum Development Harma Evers Loes Stadhou

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Introduction to SLO(Netherlands Expertise Center
for Curriculum Development)Harma EversLoes
StadhoudersPresentation for EdReNe, Ljubljana,
4-5 March, 2008
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SLO from 1975 till now

Founded by the government in 1975
to co-ordinate fragmented curriculum work by many
different committees and institutes
to stimulate overall quality and coherence of
curriculum development
for primary, secondary, special and vocational
education
for all subjects
Current status
profile as expertise center
increasing emphasis on evidence-based
improvements
increasing international orientation
network organisation
core staff of about 150 curriculum experts
not part of Ministry, but close working relation
(and major funding)

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Central tasks of SLO

Designing and validating national curriculum
frameworks via examination programs, core
objectives/standards
Designing and evaluating examples of
elaborations, at the levels of school, subjects,
lessons
Promoting (horizontal and longitudinal) coherence
of curricula
Co-ordination of developments
Interaction between CD and
teacher and school development
test and examination development
inspectorate
development of textbooks and other learning
resources
Expertise development on CD
International orientation

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Levels of Curriculum (Development)

international, comparative
national (system) frameworks
school, programme
classroom, group, teacher
learner, individual

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Curricular spider web
(Van den Akker, 2003)
Assessment
Time
Aims Objectives
Location
Rationale
Content
Grouping
Learning activities
Teacher role
Materials Resources
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SLO Organization

Seven Departments
Primary Education
Special Education
Lower Secondary Education
Upper Secondary Education
Vocational Education
Research Consultancy
Learning Resources

Five Subject Divisions
Languages
Mathematics, Science Technology Education
Social Studies
Physical Education Art Education
Vocational Subjects

Five Knowledge Groups
How to determine the core of the content?
How to address differences between pupils?
Curricular challenges of new learning sources and
environments
School-based curriculum development
Teachers and curriculum development

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Learning Resources

Target supporting the process of choosing new
learning resources and keeping track of the
latest developments
Learning resources teaching packages, textbooks,
thematic materials, educational software and
other learning materials
Data on the internet www.leermiddelenplein.nl
overview
basic information
extensive information
comparitive information
not yet a repository!
Edurep gt national tool for finding learning
objects on the internet
SLO uses national and international standards for
metadata (OAI PMH, IEEE LOM, SRU-SRW)