Capabilities-driven curriculum design Introduction 36; Capabilities-focused versus content-focused curriculum design 38; The concept of ‘knowledge capability’ 40; Capability theory 41; Levels of capability outcome in various

The design of any curriculum should emerge from the answers to a few, apparently straightforward questions:

1 What should the learner be capable of doing at the end? 2 What kinds of learning experiences and in what combination would best

assist the learner to achieve those outcomes? 3 How can the learning environment be best arranged to provide access to

those optimal learning experiences? 4 How can the differing needs of individual students be catered for? 5 What specifically is the role of teachers in supporting such learning by

students? 6 What kinds of assessment of student learning will motivate learning of the

kind desired and authentically measure the levels of achievement of the intended learning outcomes?