APPENDIX A

PLANNING YOUR COURSE: A DECISION GUIDE

Whenever teachers plan or design their courses, they are in essence making a series of decisions aimed at creating a design, which in this case consists of a plan of activities for what the teacher and students will do in a course. This guide identifies the several decisions involved in designing a course, places these decisions in an appropriate sequence, and suggests ways to make good decisions. I have grouped these decisions into three phases of the design process:

Initial phase: Building strong primary components of the course
Intermediate phase: Assembling the components into a dynamic, coherent whole
Final phase: Taking care of important details

Initial Phase: Building Strong Primary Components ...

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