Achieving Curricular Coherence in Complex Higher Educational Systems: Considering the Human Element in Transformational Change

Autor/inn/en	Fay, Jennifer R.; Newton, Camille; Budge, Steven T.
Titel	Achieving Curricular Coherence in Complex Higher Educational Systems: Considering the Human Element in Transformational Change
Quelle	In: International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 33 (2021) 1, S.23-33 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1812-9129
Schlagwörter	Alignment (Education); College Curriculum; Curriculum Development; Educational Change; Community Colleges; Career Pathways; College Faculty; School Personnel; Arizona + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Bildungsreform; Community college; Community College; Fakultät; Schulpersonal
Abstract	Lack of clear, coherent pathways to transfer or to workforce goals is a common impediment to community college student success and completion. Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) set the ambitious goal of achieving curricular coherence across its 10 colleges, developing shared pathways that clearly delineate employment and/or transfer opportunities, assessable learning outcomes, course sequences that build toward mastery of those outcomes, and curricular and co-curricular milestones. MCCCD is a complex system with hundreds of degrees and certificates, numerous transfer partners, and a multitude of course options. Consequently, the implementation of clear, coherent, shared pathways constituted a dramatic transformation of policies, structures, processes, and culture. Implementation of a redesign of this magnitude can be difficult given that resistance to transformational change is common. Through an intentional and purposeful change process grounded in organizational and individual change theory, well over 900 faculty and staff from across MCCCD mobilized to engage in this ambitious redesign of their curriculum, developing clear, coherent, and shared pathways for over 240 disciplines within a period of 19 months. These results illustrate the importance of considering the human element in systemwide transformational change. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning. Web site: https://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01