Examining the Alignment of Subject Learning Outcomes and Course Curricula through Curriculum Mapping

Autor/inn/en	Lam, Bick-Har; Tsui, Kwok-Tung
Titel	Examining the Alignment of Subject Learning Outcomes and Course Curricula through Curriculum Mapping
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 38 (2013) 12, Artikel 6 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0313-5373
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Content Analysis; Teacher Education; Teacher Education Curriculum; Teacher Education Programs; Schools of Education; Educational Objectives; Curriculum Development; Alignment (Education); Evaluation Methods; Professional Identity; Teaching Methods; Educational Assessment; Program Evaluation; Comparative Analysis; Outcomes of Education; Delphi Technique; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Inhaltsanalyse; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Erziehungswissenschaftliche Fakultät; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Delphi-Methode; Australien
Abstract	Content analysis has been used to conduct curriculum mapping to map the course objectives, course content, and the assessment tasks of 14 compulsory courses, onto the five Subject Learning Objective (SLO) factors of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction (DC&I) in a teacher education institution in Hong Kong. The results show that the SLO factors appear either as a cluster or a concentrated whole in the courses, suggesting a connective nature and dominated feature among them. The situation can be explained by the planned integrated learning experience as well as emphasis on specific SLO factors in response to change in educational context. Comparison of the coverage of SLO factors in the Bachelor of Education (BEd) and Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) is performed. The results suggest that the BEd program by design has more curriculum space for students to achieve this set of SLO factors than of the PGDE. It takes advantage of more curriculum space to adopt a spiral curriculum to facilitate complex learning in a logical progression. The study recommends that curriculum mapping is a useful tool to evaluate the extent to which the courses offered by an academic department are in alignment with its agreed SLOs. The methodologies can be used in other educational settings. Implications are made to enhance curriculum planning of teacher education programs. (Contains 3 figures and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10