Transforming the curriculum : preparing students for a changing world
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Transforming the curriculum : preparing students for a changing world
（ASHE-ERIC/higher education report / Jonathan D. File, series editor, v. 29,
Jossey-Bass, c2002
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-101) and indexes
Contents of Works
- The changing business environment and the need for responsive action
- Defining professional education and ideal outcomes
- Examining criticisms of professional education and calls for reform
- Purpose and scope of this report
- Curriculum reforms in the professions: responding to calls for change
- Curriculum reform in accounting programs
- Curriculum reform in nursing programs
- Curriculum reform in teacher education programs
- Implementing and assessing internships
- Examining internships through the McDonough Center for Leadership and Business, Marietta College
- Assessing student learning through internships at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
- Building communities of inquiry and support through internships at the University of New Hampshire
- Designing strong internship experiences
- assessing the internship experience and student learning
- Summary
- Building conditions that promote change
- Creating trust
- Promoting change by a committed leadership
- Designing incremental change
- Educating faculty
- Designing meaningful incentives
- Implications for the implementation and maintenance of curriculum transformations
- Stating clear and measurable outcomes linked across courses, the professional preparation program, and institutional levels
- Designing learning experiences to achieve the selected outcomes
- Selecting multiple assessment methods
- Reviewing assessment results to make targeted improvements
- Developing new partnerships
- Sustaining learner-centered curriculum reforms