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Teaching and Curricular Development

Code: 102068
Credits: 6
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Primary Education FB 2

Contact lecturer

Name :
Patricia Olmos Rueda
Email :
patricia.olmos@uab.cat

Teaching staff

Sara Colorado Ramírez
Ana Reina Navarro
Alex Caro Casado

Group languages

You can consult this information at the end of the document.

Prerequisites

Education and Curriculum Development is a second-year subject of the degree in Primary Education. As it follows on from the first-year subjects Education and Educational Contexts and Contemporary Theories and Practices in Education, a minimum proficiency level is required in these latter subjects in order to take full advantage of it. Competencies in education and educational contexts are closely related to those required in education and curriculum development. Similarly, educational contexts and contemporary theories and practices are part of the foundations of education and curriculum development.

Objectives

During this year, student teachers will learn about teaching and learning processes and they will analyse, on the one hand, curricular approaches within learning and teaching methods and, on the other, the curriculum perspective in primary education.

Education and Curriculum Development will continue in the 3rd year with the subject Planning, Research and Innovation. This latter will go into detail about teaching and curriculum approaches, with specific reference to planning, research and innovation.

In this way, this subject aims to establish theoretical and practical benchmarks for working in primary education.

This year prepares student teachers to:

  1. Understand curriculum conceptions and how these are related to didactics.
  2. Analyse the structure of the current primary education curriculum.
  3. Analyse the components of didatics and curriculum development by competencies.
  4. Design teaching and learning processes according to learning groups’ needs.
  5. Think about the teacher’s role in relation to tutorial intervention and management of learning groups.

Learning outcomes

  1. Identifying the curricular areas in the primary stage.
  2. Understand the evaluative approach, specifically evaluation criteria in primary education.
  3. Analyse the learning processes in the classroom and outside the classroom.
  4. Planning teaching/learning initiatives which address diversity in the classroom.
  5. Design teaching strategies according to the varying needs and characteristics of groups.
  6. Analyse the characteristics of a quality tutorial.
  7. Design tutorial processes in accordance with an analysis of pupils' needs.
  8. Linking innovation as an element of professional development.
  9. Design and develop learner assessments.
  10. Proposing specific innovation projects for primary education classes taking into account the possibilities of the context.
  11. Critically analyse, discerning the accessorial fundamentals, innovations in the field of primary education.
  12. Develop innovation projects by applying the appropriate programming sequence in accordance with the paradigm or focus of reference.
  13. Using methodologies and techniques suitable for planning innovative projects.
  14. Know about international experiences and examples of innovative practices in education to analyse the practice of teaching and the institutional conditions that frame it.
  15. Understand the theoretical and legal references of educational institutions and demonstrate an understanding of the diversity of actions involved in their operations.
  16. Understand the processes that occur in educational activities and their impact on training while accepting that the exercise of the educational function must be refined and adapted lifelong to scientific, educational and social changes.
  17. Propose new methods or well-founded alternative solutions.
  18. Explain the explicit or implicit code of practice of one's own area of knowledge.
  19. Propose projects and actions that are in accordance with the principles of ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights and obligations, diversity and democratic values.
  20. Critically analyse the principles, values and procedures that govern the exercise of the profession.
  21. Weigh up the impact of any long- or short-term difficulty, harm or discrimination that could be caused to certain persons or groups by the actions or projects.

Contents

THE CONTENTS OF THE SUBJECT ARE:


First block: Didactics and curricular theory

1. Didactics and Curriculum: conceptual approach.

2. Curriculum theories.

3. Curriculum foundations.


Second block: Curriculum design and development

4. Structure of the Curriculum of Primary education.

5. Key competencies as a cross-curricular topic within curriculum design and development.

6. Classroom planning: from competencies to objectives, selection and sequencing of topics, methodology strategies for developing competencies, and learning assessment.



Third block: Teacher’s role and group management

7.Teacher’s role: from planning to assessment, the tutoring role.

8. Management of a learning group.

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Autonomous 75 3 19, 20, 21
Supervisory. Group work, tutorial interventions and delivery of work. Face-to-face and on-line activities. 16 0.64 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 21
Whole group. Lectures in which the teacher takes an active role and gets the students involved in the teaching process. Its aim is to present work contents, give instructions, carry out individual and group activities, and make other propositions. 30 1.2 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21
Seminars. Cooperative learning activities in which the students work in groups. These activities will be structured in a specific way and will be known at the beginning of the subject. 15 0.6 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 17, 19

The methodological approach, based on the principle of a diverse range of methodological strategies, should facilitate active participation and the construction of the learning process by the students.

To this end, the course will include whole-class lectures and seminar activities that allow for work in small cooperative groups, whilst encouraging independent study.

This module includes activities for the development of Digital Teaching Competence through the creation of learning situations that integrate the areas of the primary school curriculum, including Digital Competence, in which innovative methodologies are combined with technologies.

In this methodological approach, teachers must accompany and support students (who are responsible for their own learning), providing the necessary means and resources to facilitate their learning process.

Tutorials will form a fundamental part of the working methodology.

Note: 15 minutes of one lesson, within the timetable set by the institution/degree programme, will be set aside for students to complete the teacher performance evaluation surveys and the course/module evaluation.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Assessment

Continuous assessment activities

Title Weight Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Work done in the seminars, delivery of tests/practice activities (group assessment and individual assessment). 45% 8 0.32 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17, 19, 21
Test/exam (individual assessment). 50% 4 0.16 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21
Presentation and defence of one practice (group assessment). 5% 2 0.08 1, 2, 3, 8, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21

The evaluation of this subject is carried out by monitoring the student teacher’s learning process in the seminars and the tutorial interventions. This monitoring process will allow us to take decisions about the development of the subject. At the end, we are going to verify if learning results agree with competencies and goals. This subject also includes activities for the development of Teaching Digital Competence.

There are three assessment components:

  1. Work seminar and all the practice activities / exercises / tests that will be done (5 is the minimum mark needed to pass). Student teachers should do 3 practice activities (in cooperative groups). One of these is to design learning situations (integrating the areas of the primary school curriculum, including Digital Competence, where innovative methodologies are integrated with technologies). The due data of each one of the practices will be: Practice 1 (Setember 2026), Practice 2 (Setember - October 2026), Practice 3 (Desember 2026 - January 2027). The use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) technologies is permitted as an integral part of developing this subject, provided the final result demonstrates a significant contribution from the student in terms of analysis and personal reflection. Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated using this technology, specify the tools used, and provide a critical reflection on the influence of these technologies on the process and final result of the activity. Failure to be transparent about the use of AIg will be considered a breach of academic honesty and may result in a lower grade for the activity (50% less of the mark for the activity).
  2. Group presentation of the learning situation (5 is the minimum needed to pass). Presentation will take place between Desember 2026 and January 2027.
  3. Test/Exam (written, individualand in-class) based on the content and readings (5 is the minimum needed to pass). This exam will take place in Desember 2026 - January 2027 (9 Desember group 31; 15 January group 21; 13 January groups 41 and 71).

Assessments that have been failed may be resat (resit dates: 20 January for group 31; 29 January for group 21; 27 January for groups 41 and 71) by means of a written examination (individual and in-person) relating to the failed assessment. The maximum mark for the resit will be 5. In order to sit the resit, students must have previously been assessed on a set of activities with a combined weighting equivalent to at least two-thirds of the total mark for the module.


Before submitting evidenceof learning, it is necessary to check that the sources, notes, textual citations and bibliographical references have been written correctly following the APA regulations and according to the documentationthat is summarized in UAB sources: https://www.uab.cat/ca/biblioteques/ccr/citacions-bibliografia; https://ddd.uab.cat/pub/guibib/113512/modelapa_a2021a.pdf; https://normas-apa.org/


To pass the subject, the student teacher has to do all the practice activities / exercises / tests and the exam, and deliver (and when necessary, defend,) them on time.


Likewise, the student teacher must pass each one -practices and exam- separately (5 is the minimum pass mark for each one).


Another aspect to consider is the weight of each one of these components (see the next table for this).


The qualifications of each of the assessment activities will be published in the 20 days following the delivery.Students wishing to review the results must do so within 15 days after their publication.


SINGLE EVALUATION

The evidence of the evaluation will be due on Desember 2026 - January 2027, coinciding with the written exam. Concretely:

  • 9 Desember 2026, group 31.
  • 15 January 2027, group 21.
  • 13 January 2027, groups 41 and 71.

This evaluation includes three evidences that will take place in the same day:

  • Test type of an eminently theoretical nature. This evidence has a weighting of 20% in the final assessment.
  • Case study of a theoretical-practical nature. This evidence has a weighting of 30% in the final assessment.
  • The design/development of a learning situation (integrating the areas of the primary school curriculum, including Digital Competence, where innovative methodologies are integrated with technologies). This evidence will be evaluated with a total value of 50% of the total grade.

All the evidence considered in the single assessment (test type, case study and learning situation) must be passed with a minimum grade of 5.

The recovery date for the single evaluation will be the same it is established for continuous assessment (it will take place: 20 January for group 31; 29 January for group 21; 27 January for groups 41 and 71). The maximum mark for the resit will be 5. The same recovery system will be applied as for the continuous evaluation.

The review of the final grade follows the same procedure as for the continuous assessment.


The subject does not admit a synthesis test for students enrolling for the second time.


Both in the continuous and single evaluation process, all activities (individual and group) will consider the proofreading, writing and formal presentation. Studentsshould be able to express themselves with fluency and accuracy and should show a high degree of understanding of academic texts. An activity can be returned(not rated) or suspended if the teacher believes that does not meet these requirements. To pass this subject, the student should have good general communicative competence, both orally and in writing, and a good command of the language or the vehicular languages that appear in the teaching guide.


To pass this subject, it is also be necessary to show an attitude compatible with the educational profession. It will be necessary to show active listening, respect, active participation in the classes, cooperation, empathy, kindness, punctuality, arguing, appropriate use of electronic devices (mobile,computer, etc.), showcritical thinking and behaviors that favor a friendly and positive environment, democraticand where differences are respected.


The copy or plagiarism, both inthe case of works and in the case of examinations, constitute an offense and will be punished with a 0 as a mark of the subject losing the possibility of recovering it, whether it is individual work or in group (in this case, all the members of the group will have a 0).


For more information on the general evaluation criteria and guidelines of the Faculty of Education Sciences, please consult the following link: https://www.uab.cat/web/estudiar/graus/informacio-academica/avaluacio/en-que-consisteix-l-avaluacio-1345725434468.html

Bibliography

The basic bibliography is given below. As the course progresses, new useful references will be added for each subject.


Barcia, María Inés, de Morais Melo, Susana, & Justianovich, Silvina (coords.) (2019). Didáctica y Prácticas de la Enseñanza en la formación del profesorado Conceptualizaciones y experiencias en Ciencias de la Educación. Universidad de la Plata. http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/bitstream/handle/10915/95295/Documento_completo.pdf-PDFA.pdf?sequence=1#page=71

Bolívar, A. (2008). Didáctica y Currículum: de la modernidad a la postmodernidad. Ediciones Aljibe.

Darling-Hammond, Linda, & Bransford, J. (Eds.) (2005). Preparing Teachers for a Changing World. Jossey-Bass. https://psugtep.pbworks.com/f/Preparing%20Teachers%20for%20a%20Changing%20World.pdf

De la Herrán, A. (2026). La educación, al oftalmólogo. Carta a los pedagogos y al profesorado. Revista Boletín Redipe, 16(6), 56-94. https://doi.org/10.36260/j3tsmj91

Fernández Almenara, M.G. (2022). Didáctica y su campo de intervención. Editorial Técnica Avicam.

Herrán, A., & Paredes, J. (2008). Didàctica general. La práctica de la enseñanza infantil, primaria y secundaria. McGraw-Hill.

Jiménez, J.M., González, A.P., & Fandos,M. (2006). Visión general de la didáctica. Publicaciones URV.

Martínez Virseda, María Concepción (et al.) (2023). Construcción de unidades didácticas y aprendizaje cooperativo: cómo llevar las competencias a la realidad del aula. Editorial Universidad de Alcalá. https://ebuah.uah.es/dspace/handle/10017/60980

Montanero, M. (2019). Didáctica General. Universidad de Extremadura. Servicio de Publicaciones. https://dehesa.unex.es:8443/handle/10662/9225

Müller, Silke (2024). Estamos perdiendo a nuestr@s hij@s. Violencia, maltrato, racismo: el inquietante día a día del chat de clase. Oberon.

Pelegrín Bonet, Clara (2024). Situacions d'aprenetatge globalitzades. Una guia pràctica. Horsori.

Picco, Sofía, & Orienti, Noelia (coords.) (2017). Didáctica y Currículum. Aportes teóricos y prácticos para pensar e intervenir en las prácticas de la enseñanza. Universidad de la Plata. http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/bitstream/handle/10915/61533/Documento_completo__.pdf-PDFA.pdf?sequence=1

Tejada, J. (2005): Didáctica-Currículum. Diseño, desarrollo y evaluación curricular. Davinci.

Tejada, J., & Giménez, V. (Coords.) (2006). Formación de Formadores. Escenario aula. Thomson.

Torrego Seijo, J.C. (Coord.). (2026). Guía de Consejos Escolares que fomentan la participación del alumnado. Secretaría General Técnica, Subdirección General de Atención al Ciudadano, Documentación y Publicaciones. https://www.educacionfpydeportes.gob.es/dam/jcr:b967cba2-61e6-4676-a838-d94a53c46982/guia-de-consejos-escolares-que-fomentan-la-partici.pdf

Software

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Course groups and languages

The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE

Type of teaching Group Language Semester Shift
(TE) Theory 21 Catalan first semester morning-mixed
(TE) Theory 31 Catalan first semester morning-mixed
(TE) Theory 41 Catalan first semester afternoon
(TE) Theory 71 English first semester afternoon
(SEM) Seminars 211 Catalan first semester morning-mixed
(SEM) Seminars 212 Catalan first semester morning-mixed
(SEM) Seminars 213 Catalan first semester morning-mixed
(SEM) Seminars 311 Catalan first semester morning-mixed
(SEM) Seminars 312 Catalan first semester morning-mixed
(SEM) Seminars 313 Catalan first semester morning-mixed
(SEM) Seminars 411 Catalan first semester afternoon
(SEM) Seminars 412 Catalan first semester afternoon
(SEM) Seminars 413 Catalan first semester afternoon
(SEM) Seminars 711 English first semester afternoon
(SEM) Seminars 712 English first semester afternoon
(SEM) Seminars 713 English first semester afternoon