Literature review to support an informed approach to curriculum planning in your subject/ phase

This literature review will focus on a particular aspect of the curriculum. Your classroom experience and reading to
date will provide the focus for the review. Examine an aspect of the curriculum in your subject or phase that has
caught your attention and interests you. Ensure your review has a clear focus on curriculum, thinking about ‘what’
you teach rather than ‘how’ you teach. Use literature and research to rationalise why this is an interesting area to
explore for planning a sequence of lessons. This review will set the scene and demonstrate your intent for planning
the sequence of lessons.

In this assignment, you will need to fulfil the following criteria:
1. Identify an aspect of the curriculum in your subject/phase that is of interest to you. Using the literature,
provide a clear rationale outlining why this aspect of the curriculum is the focus.
2. Critically discuss what the literature says about your chosen focus and how it will inform your future
curriculum organisation and curriculum planning.
3. Draw conclusions, using evidence from the literature, that supports the intent (what and why) for your
planning.
4. Work effectively within the set word limit. (Clear organisation and expression of ideas, attention to
vocabulary, spelling, grammar, and sentence structure, along with appropriate use of quotations.)
Adherence to Harvard referencing and other academic conventions.