SIX LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE IN CURRICULUM MAPPING

Back to Page Authors: Tarek Sharaf

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Keywords: curriculum, mapping, teachers, Students

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Abstract: The curriculum mapping model based on Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs' work (1997, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010) synthesizes aspects of traditional and contemporary models that focus on recognizing and enhancing learning, assessing, and teaching. Dr. Jacobs embraced the earlier mapping work of Fenwick English by articulating types of curriculum maps, as well as the need for vertical and horizontal alignment, cyclic reviews, and ongoing curricular dialogues. Jacobs (2004) states that: “curriculum maps have the potential to become the hub for making decisions about teaching and learning. Focusing the barrage of initiatives and demands on schools into a central database that can be accessed from anywhere through the Internet can provide relief…Mapping becomes an integrating force to address not only curriculum issues but also programmatic ones." (p.126).

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