A Review of Research and Theory Related to College Curricula Stark, Joan S. creator National Center for Research to Improve Postsecondary Teaching and Learning, Ann Arbor, MI text Information Analyses. xxu Washington, D.C.] Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse 1986 monographic eng

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99 p. ; 30 cm. A summary of major writings on college and pre-college curriculum literature are presented in this report, which is an early step in establishing a framework for the research program of the NCRIPTAL (National Center for Research in Postsecondary Teaching and Learning) Program on Curricular Integration and Student Goals. Section 1 on the literature of college curricula includes: historical and background reports (e.g., Carnegie Council on Policy studies); prescriptive views of quality, related to recommendations of national reports; strategy views, related to the educational process (e.g., national report recommendations, disciplinary approach, and discussions of student development); studies of curricular change (e.g., those at Alverno College, and liberal arts outcomes research). Definitions of curriculum are offered in the second section, which focuses on pre-college literature, as well as discussions in the literature of: the nature of curriculum development or planning; theoretical assumptions and approaches to curriculum planning and curriculum; cognitive psychology and curriculum development; and the teacher as curriculum planner. The final section proposes six assumptions for use in models of curriculum research, identifying such variables as student involvement, the organization of a discipline, and student outcomes. Fourteen pages of references are included. (LB) Joan S. Stark and Others. Availability: NCRIPTAL, Suite 2400 School of Education Building, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2748 (Technical Report No. 86-C-001.0, $10.00). Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Contract Number: OERI-86-0010. ERIC Note: From the NCRIPTAL Program on Curricular Integration and Student Goals. Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive. College Curriculum College Instruction Curriculum Development Definitions Educational Research Higher Education Instructional Improvement Planning Research Design Research Needs Secondary School Curriculum Alverno College WI College Outcomes Assessment 378.199 STA ED287439 ERIC http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED287439 http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED287439 ericd 080220 20170420161113.0 5484800 eng