401 Curriculum & Course Design Readings

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PRE-CLASS READINGS
• 1 Fink, Creating Significant Learning Experiences, P. 1-59.
• 2 Barr, R. B. & Tagg, J. (1995, November/December) From teaching to learning: A new paradigm for undergraduate education. Change, 27(6), 13-25. 2TeachingToLearningParadigm.doc
• 3 Rendón, L.I. (2000, July-August). Academics of the heart. About Campus, 5, 3-6. 3Academics of the Heart.pdf

WK 1 READINGS
• 4 Fink, Creating Significant Learning Experiences, P. 60-101.
• 5 American Association of Colleges and Universities. (2007). College learning for the new global century. Washington D.C.: AAC&U 5College Learning for the New Global Century.pdf
+ SAMPLES OF:
• 6 The Yale Report of 1828. 6Yale Report of 1828.pdf
• 7 General Education in a Free Society (Harvard “Red Book” 1945).
• 8 “Democracy and Education” Booker T. Washington.
• 9 “The Talented Tenth” W. B. Dubois.

WK 2 READINGS
• 10 Fink, Creating Significant Learning Experiences, P. 102-154.
• 11 Angelo, T. (1993, April). A teacher’s dozen. AAHE Bulletin, 3-13. 11 Educational Objectives-Help or Hindrance.pdf
• 12 Eisner, E. E. (1967/2009). Educational objectives—help or hindrance? In D. Flinders, S. J. Thornton (Eds.), The curriculum studies reader (3rd ed.; pp. 107-113). London: Routledge. (From School Review, 75 (3), 1967, pp. 250-260). 12A Teacher's Dozen.doc
• 13 Popham, W. J. (2009). Objectives. In D. Flinders, S. J. Thornton (Eds.), The curriculum studies reader (3rd ed.; pp. 93-106). London: Routledge. (Reprinted from An evaluation guidebook: A set of practical guidelines for the educational evaluator, by W. J. Popham, 1972, The Instructional Objectives Exchange). 13Objectives.pdf
• 14 Svinicki, M. (1999). New directions for learning and motivation (pp. 5 – 28). In M.D. Svinicki (Ed.), Teaching and learning on the edge of the new millennium: Building on what we have learned (New directions for learning and teaching, no. 80). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 14New Directions in Learning.pdf

WK 3 READINGS
• 15 Fink, Creating Significant Learning Experiences, P. 155-195.
• 16 Palmer, P.J. (1998). The Heart of the Teacher (Chapter 1) in The courage to teach: Exploring the inner landscape of a teacher’s life (pp. 1-34). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 16THE HEART OF A TEACHER.pdf
• 17 Robertson, D.R. (2005). Generative paradox in learner-centered college teaching. Innovative Higher Education 28 (3): 181-194. 17Generative Paradox.pdf

WK 4 READINGS
• 18 Grunert-Obrien, Millis, and Cohen, The Course Syllabus, P. 1-37.
• 19 Summers, J. J., Beretvas, S. N., Svinicki, M. D., & Gorin, J. S. (2005). Evaluating collaborative learning and community. The Journal of Experimental Education 73 (3): 165-188. 19Collaborative Learning and Community.pdf

WK 5 READINGS
• 20 Fink, Creating Significant Learning Experiences, P. 196-237.
• 21 Behar-Horenstein, L. S. (2000). Can the modern view of curriculum be refined by postmodern criticism? In J. Glanz, L.S. Behar-Horenstein (Eds.), Paradigm debates in curriculum and supervision: Modern and postmodern perspectives (pp. 6-33). Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey. 21 PARADIGM DEBATES IN CURRICULUM AND SUPERVISION.pdf
• 22 Doll, W. E., Jr. (2009). The four R’s—an alternative to the Tyler rationale. In D. Flinders, S. J. Thornton (Eds.), The curriculum studies reader (3rd ed.; pp. 267-274). London: Routledge. (Reprinted from A postmodern perspective on curriculum, by W. E. Doll, 1993, Teachers College Press). 22The Four Rs-An Alternative to the Tyler Rationale.pdf

WK 6 READINGS
• 23 Andrade, H. G. (2000, February). Using rubrics to promote thinking and learning. Educational
Leadership 57 (5): 13-18. 23Using Rubrics.pdf
• 24 Andrade, H. G. (2005, Winter). Teaching with rubrics: The good, the bad, and the ugly. College Teaching 53 (1): 27-30. 24Teaching with Rubrics.pdf

WK 7 READINGS
• 25 Fink, Creating Significant Learning Experiences, P. 238-255.
• 26 Brookfield, S. (2006, Fall). Authenticity and power. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 111, 5-16. 26Authenticity and Power-CIQ Assessment Technique.pdf
• 27 Nussbaum, M.C. (1997). Citizens of the World. In Cultivating humanity: A classical defense of reform in liberal education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 27CULTIVATING HUMANITY.pdf