Curriculum Knowledge Architecture Designer
Map the epistemic structure of a subject to determine knowledge types and inform...
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npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill curriculum-knowledge-architecture-designer -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- GarethManning/education-agent-skills939
- Category
- Design
- Updated
- 13d ago
- License
- See repository
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- Mediumabout 3,000 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Map the epistemic structure of a subject to determine knowledge types and inform curriculum sequencing. Use when designing courses, restructuring programmes, or analysing knowledge architecture.
Curriculum Knowledge Architecture Designer
What This Skill Does
Takes a curriculum input, a single course, a subject scope and sequence, or a real-world project brief, and diagnoses the epistemic architecture of the knowledge domain. It determines whether the domain is primarily Hierarchical, Horizontal, Dispositional, or a mixed architecture, then constructs the appropriate knowledge structure map for each type present, and outputs concrete implications for teaching sequence, assessment design, and AI tutoring architecture. Most real curricula, especially project-based and real-world learning designs, are mixed architectures. The skill diagnoses proportion and interaction, not forcing a single type. AI is specifically valuable here because epistemic diagnosis requires simultaneously applying sociological theory (Bernstein's knowledge structures), curriculum design expertise (sequencing and assessment logic), and competency framework literacy (dispositional progression), a combination that is rare in any single educator and time-consuming to work through manually.
