Curriculum

  Southern (Tunesian) Gardens 
               (Paul Klee
                  
This is our "big enchilada." How can we improve our curriculum in order to improve learning, not to mention teaching and the community as a whole? Since the first question of our "graffiti" exercise (What are the outcomes of a successfull curriculum?) relates to this section, I've listed our responses here:
  • successful student/satisfied customer
  • successful service to student
  • life-long learners
  • job placement
  • learning outcomes met
  • slaying fewer dragons
  • reduces staff fears
  • creativity
  • faculty satisfaction
  • promotes support for education

Quick view: seven curriculum                         theories
     
  • positive/resourceful organization
  • great community support
  • great legislative support
  • curriculum delivered as designed
  • positive feedback
  • enhancement of community
  • high level of awareness
  • continued accreditation
  • love of subject matter

University of Washington Curriculum Transformation Project

An Action Research Approach to Curriculum Development by Phil Riding, Sue Fowell, and Phil Levy

A Systems View of Curriculum: Models of Chaos and Collaboration by Katherine E. Goff

System Based Management Analysis: A Cross-discipline Approach to Learning Outcome Assessment by Joy Benson

An International Overview of Curricular Approaches and Models in Technology Education by Paul Black

The Adult and the Curriculum by Audrey Thompson

Irony in Rousseau's Emile by J.J. Chambliss (response)

Curriculum Focus for Technology Education by Robert C. Wicklein

Curriculum Studies  (UK journal -- Acrobat Reader needed for full-text articles)

Aesthetic Experience, Hermeneutics, and Curriculum by Donald Blumenfeld-Jones

A Hermeneutic Justification for the Arts: Is the Aesthetic Logically Prior to Art? by Lorraine Kasprisin (response)

Building a Defensible Curriculum Base by Thomas Wright

Discourse Ethics and Restructuring by Kenneth A. Strike

Constituting the Commons by Maty Anne Raywid (response)

Relating Technology Education Goals to Curriculum Planning by Karen F. Zuga

Strange Bedfellows? Critical Curriculum Theory and the Analysis of Concepts of Education by Mark Frein

Critique and Analysis by John F. Covaleski (response)


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For further information, contact Frank Edler fedler@mccneb.edu or John McGaha jmcgaha@mccneb.edu