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Shaping the College Curriculum focuses on curriculumdevelopment as an important decision-making process in colleges anduniversities. The authors define curriculum as an academic plandeveloped in a historical, social, and political context. Theyidentify eight curricular elements that are addressed,intentionally or unintentionally, in developing all college coursesand programs. By exploring the interaction of these elements incontext they use the academic plan model to clarify the processesof course and program planning, enabling instructors andadministrators to ask crucial questions about improving teachingand optimizing student learning. This revised edition continues to stress research-basededucational practices. The new edition consolidates and focusesdiscussion of institutional and sociocultural factors thatinfluence curricular decisions. All chapters have been updated withrecent research findings relevant to curriculum leadership,accreditation, assessment, and the influence of academic fields,while two new chapters focus directly on learning research and itsimplications for instructional practice. A new chapter drawn fromresearch on organizational change provides practical guidance toassist faculty members and administrators who are engaged inextensive program improvements. Streamlined yet still comprehensiveand detailed, this revised volume will continue to serve as aninvaluable resource for individuals and groups whose work includesplanning, designing, delivering, evaluating, and studying curriculain higher education. "This is an extraordinary book that offers not a particularcurriculum or structure, but a comprehensive approach for thinkingabout the curriculum, ensuring that important considerations arenot overlooked in its revision or development, and increasing thelikelihood that students will learn and develop in waysinstitutions hope they will. The book brings coherence andintention to what is typically an unstructured, haphazard, and onlypartially rational process guided more by beliefs than byempirically grounded, substantive information. Lattuca and Starkpresent their material in ways that are accessible and applicableacross planning levels (course, program, department, andinstitution), local settings, and academic disciplines. It's anadmirable and informative marriage of scholarship and practice, andan insightful guide to both. Anyone who cares seriously about howwe can make our colleges and universities more educationallyeffective should read this book." - Patrick T. Terenzini , distinguished professor andsenior scientist, Center for the Study of Higher Education, ThePennsylvania State University, This revision of Shaping the College Curriculum provides an updated resource for individuals and groups whose work includes planning, designing, delivering, evaluating, and studying curricula in higher education. The academic plan concept continues to provide the framework for this revised edition, but the text also reflects substantial refinements and extensions of the understanding of postsecondary curricula since the first edition. This revised edition addresses the concerns of faculty members, administrators, and researchers who consider learning factors like social and cultural background, institutional context, different learning arrangements, course design, and change promotion and management., Updated and substantially revised since its original publication, this new volume serves as a resource for individuals and groups whose work includes planning, designing, delivering, evaluating, and studying curricula in higher education.The academic plan concept, introduced and explained in the first edition, provides the framework for this volume. An expanded review of theory and research on learning enhances the authors' discussion of how the needs of learners can be addressed in the design of academic plans. A new chapter on curricular change builds on research on organizational change and provides practical guidance to assist faculty members and administrators who are considering and implementing substantial improvements in programs. Each chapter includes updated research findings relevant to curriculum planning, accreditation, teaching, and learning. Finally, information on curriculum planning in for-profit institutions and online education programs supplements the primary focus on planning in not-for-profit institutions. The second edition is also reorganized to facilitate use of the book by researchers, faculty, administrators, and graduate students."This is an extraordinary book that offers not a particular curriculum or structure, but a comprehensive approach for thinking about the curriculum, ensuring that important considerations are not overlooked in its revision or development, and increasing the likelihood that students will learn and develop in ways institutions hope they will. The book brings coherence and intention to what is typically an unstructured, haphazard, and only partially rational process guided more by beliefs than by empirically grounded, substantive information. Lattuca and Stark present their material in ways that are accessible and applicable across planning levels (course, program, department, and institution), local settings, and academic disciplines. It's an admirable and informative marriage of scholarship and practice, and an insightful guide to both. Anyone who cares seriously about how we can make our colleges and universities more educationally effective should read this book." -Patrick T. Terenzini, distinguished professor and senior scientist, Center for the Study of Higher Education, The Pennsylvania State University

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