Curriculum is a one of those concepts in academia that can mean nothing and everything all at once. When invoked, it can be embolden with meaning far beyond its actual parameters to the point of becoming empty. It can also be invoked in ways that are so empty that the landscape of meaning becomes clearer […]
How do you define the outcomes of a program for your students? We often know what we teach, but we cannot always know what students are going learn unless we explicitly articulate learning goals. Learning Outcomes (LOs) are statements that articulate these goals. They are statements of what students are expected to know or do […]
Curriculum is an organized plan for student learning. “Curriculum” is from the Latin currere, meaning “race” or a “race course.” It began being used in the 1600s to flag an ordering of educational courses and by the 19th century the word “curriculum” commonly referred to a fixed course of study (1). In higher education, “curriculum” […]