This text provides guidance for building curriculum structures and examines the models that can be used. Options such as accreditation of prior and experiential learning, incompany accreditation,... This description may be from another edition of this product.
This text has been selected for the Institute on the College of the Community, June 2000.The book describes the issues, anxieties, and problems in dealing with the new U.K. credit-based modular system (CBMS) for curriculum. The debate and the issues are precisely the same as those facing U.S. curriculum designers as we look toward the needs of 21st century learners. The book frames the issues of accreditation, quality, flexibility, transferability, and equity in load across programs. It also addresses the friction between the higher education legacy approach and a new more flexible system for learners. This is a must read for curriculum designers attempting to develop global curricula.
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