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The document discusses guidelines for preparing a syllabus, including: 1. Include the class name and course code as the title. 2. Provide basic course information such as credit hours, format, prerequisites, and brief description. 3. Create a course goal stating what students will be able to do or know by the end of the class. 4. List all materials and resources that will be used, such as textbooks, online activities, and reference materials. 5. Note the grading system, scale, and any curves that will be used to evaluate students.

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Discuss Guidelines For Preparing Syllabus

The document discusses guidelines for preparing a syllabus, including: 1. Include the class name and course code as the title. 2. Provide basic course information such as credit hours, format, prerequisites, and brief description. 3. Create a course goal stating what students will be able to do or know by the end of the class. 4. List all materials and resources that will be used, such as textbooks, online activities, and reference materials. 5. Note the grading system, scale, and any curves that will be used to evaluate students.

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DISCUSS GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING SYLLABUS

Syllabus in curriculum describes the whole academic


content covered in a particular subject. It might be
explained as a curriculum's practical implementation
plan, designed by the subject professor.
A syllabus account for all of the topics you plan to
teach, the resources you'll use to teach them, and
the individual lessons that support each topic. As a
result it is easy for teachers especially first-year-
teachers to feel overwhelmed at the prospect of
creating a syllabus from scratch. It is also a
challenge for teachers who are not naturally detail-
oriented.
For a teacher the syllabus maps out exactly what the
teacher have to do everyday in his class.
With syllabus you do all of the work before your class
starts, so you can prepare for individual classes far
ahead of time. That's makes it easier for the teacher to
be on its "A game" every time he enters the classroom.
First thing's first. Every syllabus needs the course's
name and course code.
1. Class Name and Course Code
Your class name and course code are essentially your
sylabus's title. They tell the reader what they are about
to see and contextualise the rest of the document. Most
of the time, this is easy. Many schools allow teachers to
name their classes in the way the teacher believes
makes sense.
The course code, on the other hand, is almost always
set in stone. That's because it is used for enrollment
purposes at the administrative level.
2. Fill in Basic Course Information
"Basic course information" includes any details that
pertain the
class's outcomes. This information can vary from school
to school. However, there are a handful of elements that
are practically universal to include in basic course
information:
Ÿ Credit hours
Ÿ Format: Face-to-face, blended or online
Ÿ Prerequisites
Ÿ Brier description
With these four pieces of information, you'll have most of
the work done when filling in your sylabus's Basic
details.

3. Create a Course Goal


Every class needs to have a goal. Otherwise, how can
you verify whether students have successfully
completed it?
The class goals are brief statement as to what you had
expect a student to be able to do or know by the time
the class concludes.

4. Note All the Materials You Need


This area of your syllabus requires you to lay out all of
the different resources you'll use to help students
succeed throughout the course. Thanks to the advent of
technology in the classroom, today's syllabi can include
an enormous range of materials including:
Ÿ Textbooks
Ÿ Digital curriculum
Ÿ Workbooks
Ÿ Online activities
Ÿ Reference materials

5. Note Grading Systems, Scales and Curves


Grading systems, scales and curves are more important
to note in post-secondary syllabi, but they may also
apply to a middle school or high school class. Nothing
how you grade students shows them
what yo expect throughout the marking period.
Objective grading means you use the standard system
of assigning letter grades — 90%-100% is an A, 80%-
90% is a B, etc.
When you change a grading scale, you change which
letter grades corresponds to which percentage range.

6. Review Your Syllabus


Now, it's time to make sure you have all your bases
covered, you can do this in one of two ways:
Ÿ Self-review
Ÿ Peer review
Some teachers self-review because they are the
authority on the subject that they teach.
Other teachers opt for peer review this comes in handy
whenever a teacher simply can't look at a syllabus
anymore because they have been working on it for so
long.

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