Reflection for week 2

In week 2, we learned about topic 1 which is Foundation and Domains of Curriculum and Pedagogy. In this topic, there are two learning outcomes. At the end of this topic, we will be able to identify the concept of curriculum and pedagogy.

From the topic 1, what I have understand in this topic is the concept, definition, and some interpretations of the curriculum. The concept of curriculum is "all planning for the classroom" that stated by Begg, 2005. Eigner and Vallance also says that concept of curriculum is "what can and should be taught to whom, when and how?". From this concept, curriculum can be defined as a set of courses and their contents, which are offered at a school or university. The other things about this curriculum is its also referred to all the experiences that individual learners have in program of education. There is some interpretations of curriculum that I get from the learning in this week 2, which is curriculum is a what is taught in school, a set of subject, content, a program of studies, a set of materials, and the sequence of courses.

Other than understand about the curriculum, the other things that I get in this week is the definition of pedagogy. Pedagogy is referred to the method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept. In other words, it is the science and art of how to teach in schools. As a broad field of study,pedagogy involves research on teaching and learning, classroom management, school organization and teacher-student interaction.