ED 709 Course Paper Specifications
Curriculum in Higher Education
Edward G. Rozycki, Ed. D.
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edited 3/16/01
The course paper will consist of two parts
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A. a well-argued and persuasive curriculum proposal for "a program for the 21st Century"; and
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B. an analysis of the strategies underlying the construction of the proposal, with particular attention given to institutional contexts.
A: . The curriculum proposal may be of two types
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option 1: a well-argued proposal for a college/university curriculum built "from the ground up," or
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option 2: a well-argued proposal for a major overhaul or addition to the curriculum of some other kind of institution of higher education, e.g. a teaching hospital, a technical institute, etc.
By "well-argued" is meant the following: in addition to the basic proposal relating means to ends in the appropriate contexts, e.g. needs, mission, budget, market, etc. the proposal must contain
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an anticipation of standard rebuttals and countermoves to them;
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the use of example from some historical source to support the proposal or counter the potential rebuttals;
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the use of Becher (or other sources) for philosophical or sociological support or counter-example.
By "persuasive" is meant to permit rhetorical invocations that inspire consensus and action.
B: The analysis of the strategies underlying the construction of the proposal should contain
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an outline of your proposal
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an analysis of your curricular goals in terms of type, context and potential rebuttals
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an explanation of your strategy to counter potential rebuttals.
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an explanation of the choice of persuasive language used to animate your proposal.
C: Click for Examples of completed projects.
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