Description
Book SynopsisShaping the College Curriculum focuses on curriculum development as an important decision-making process in colleges and universities. The authors define curriculum as an academic plan developed in a historical, social, and political context.
Table of ContentsPreface xiii
The Authors xix
1 Curriculum: An Academic Plan 1
The Need for a Definitional Framework 2
Defining Curriculum as an Academic Plan 4
Contextual Influences on Academic Plans 11
Constructing Plans: Curriculum Development 15
Evolution of the Academic Plan Concept 16
Advantages of the Academic Plan Model 20
2 External Influences: Sociocultural Context 23
Patterns of Curriculum Debate 25
Evolving Educational Purposes 26
Debating General Education and Specialization 30
Learners: An Emphasis on Access 36
Content Debates: Prescription vs. Choice 45
Instructional Process: Occasional Innovations 52
Evaluation Debates: Emphasis on Quality Control 57
Influences and Potential Reforms 64
3 Internal Influences: College and University Contexts 65
Institutional Influences 67
Unit-Level Influences 77
Emerging Internal Influences 83
Converging Influences 87
4 Internal Influences: Academic Fields 89
Characterizing Academic Fields 91
Differences in Course Planning 93
Seeking Academic Community 101
Building on the Strengths of Academic Fields 111
5 Creating Academic Plans 115
Course Planning 116
Program Planning 127
College-Wide Planning 132
Systematic Design Models 135
Sharing Responsibility for Curriculum Design 143
6 Learners 145
Learner Influences on Course Planning 147
Learner Influences on Program Planning 151
Learner Influences on College Planning 152
Multiple Perspectives on Learning 153
Learners and Learning Processes 159
Understandings of Learning and Knowledge 168
Learning in Academic Fields 174
Considering Learners in Curriculum Design 179
7 Instructional Processes 183
Teaching Styles 184
Contextual Influences on Courses and Programs 187
Expanding Choices Among Instructional Processes 191
Teaching for Intentional Learning 212
Reflecting on Planning and Teaching 225
8 Evaluating and Adjusting Academic Plans 229
Defining Evaluation and Assessment 231
Evaluating and Adjusting Course Plans 235
Evaluating and Adjusting Program Plans 248
College-Wide Evaluation 257
Evaluating Evaluation 266
Responding to Accountability Demands 267
9 Administering Academic Plans 269
Curriculum Leadership and Administrative Roles 275
10 Models and Strategies for Curricular Change 301
Evolution, Adaptation, and Strategic Change 302
Scope of Curricular Change 304
Models of Change 305
Using Multiple Strategies for Curricular Change 318
Learning to Change in Academic Organizations 322
Maintaining Change 327
Academic Plans in Context 329
References 331
Names Index 359
Subject Index 367
