What is a spiral curriculum?

Rm, Harden

doi:10.1080/01421599979752

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“…Furthermore, participants believed that cyclicality prevents forgetting. This finding is in accordance with the first feature of spiral curriculum introduced by Harden (1999). Likewise, the findings revealed cyclical presentation reduces students' level of stress by improving their mastery over the materials.…”

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Exploring Language Teachers’ Perceptions of Cyclical Presentation of Materials in an EFL Context: A Grounded Theory

Ostovar-Namaghi¹,

Gholami²

2018

ELT

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Numerous studies have tested and verified the potential of cyclical presentation of materials in developing proficiency and achievement in various contexts. None of them, however, have explored language teachers’ perceptions of cyclical presentation of materials. Since teachers’ perceptions may catalyze or nullify the effect of this approach, this study aims at exploring experienced language teachers’ perceptions through the reformulated grounded theory (Stauss & Corbin, 1990). Using non-probability sampling procedures, fifteen experienced teachers, both male and female, were selected from the population of language teaches teaching in junior high schools of Shahrood, a major city in Semnan province, Iran. Iterative data collection and analysis and the constant comparative techniques yielded “Merits of Cyclical Presentation” and “Suggestions for Practice” as the two main categories each subsuming some propositions. Among other things, the emerged propositions revealed that cyclical presentation: helps students internalize materials; reduces students’ level of stress and tension; serves a remedial function; and increases students’ motivation. Since the syllabus imposed by central agencies is linear in nature, participants suggested down-to-earth techniques to modify the syllabus and pave the way for cyclical presentation of materials where possible. The findings have clear implications for language teachers, syllabus designers and language learners.

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confidence: 88%

Exploring Language Teachers’ Perceptions of Cyclical Presentation of Materials in an EFL Context: A Grounded Theory

Ostovar-Namaghi¹,

Gholami²

2018

ELT

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“…To ensure workplace readiness, a curriculum must also be designed so that students are assessed for their ability to integrate their knowledge, skills and attributes. Harden and Stamper's (1999) spiral design curriculum integrates relevant knowledge, skills and attributes and given the findings described here may be useful for future course redesign efforts. The benefits of integrated curriculum design and authentic assessment have also been discussed by Van Der Vleuten and Schuwirth (2005).…”

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Traffic Light Report provides a new technique for Assurance of Learning

Nash

Stupans

Chalmers

et al. 2016

JLD

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“…1). A ''spiral curriculum'' model was adopted for teaching delivery 26,27 with the key modules of General Anesthesia, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Pain Management, and Intensive Care Medicine presented over an academic year and with each module revisited in increasing depth over the four-year duration of the program (Fig. 2, Table 2).…”

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A new partnership for anesthesia training in Zambia: reflections on the first year

Kinnear

Bould

Ismailova

et al. 2013

Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth

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Purpose A new postgraduate anesthesiology residency program has been founded as a North-South partnership between the United Kingdom (UK) and Zambia. The project aims to train physician anesthesiologists in Lusaka in an attempt to address the high perioperative mortality associated with anesthesia as well as to provide better professional support for clinical officer anesthesiologists. Principle findings We present a detailed description of our experiences in establishing a new global health partnership and reflect on the outcomes of the first year of the training program. The formal healthcare partnership between the UK and Zambian governments began in 2009.

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What is a spiral curriculum?

Cited by 559 publications

References 5 publications

Exploring Language Teachers’ Perceptions of Cyclical Presentation of Materials in an EFL Context: A Grounded Theory

Exploring Language Teachers’ Perceptions of Cyclical Presentation of Materials in an EFL Context: A Grounded Theory

Traffic Light Report provides a new technique for Assurance of Learning

A new partnership for anesthesia training in Zambia: reflections on the first year

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