课程:学术计划

Curriculum: Academic Plans

本文是美国大学课程专家莉萨·拉图卡(Lisa R. Lattuca)和琼·斯塔克(Joan S. Stark)于2009年共同编辑出版的《塑造大学课程:语境中的学术计划》(Shaping the College Curriculum:Academic Plans in Context)一书第一章的中文译稿。本章提出和解释了研究高等院校课程的崭新概念--学术计划模式,以此作为讨论开发和修订高等院校科课程的基础。作者提出的学术计划包括八个主要组成部分:目的、内容、编排、学习者、教学过程、教学材料、评估和调整。同时,本章还提出了教育背景的概念,其中特别强调并考察了影响高等院校课程开发和修订的多种因素,如来自社会、文化、历史和院校使命等层面的因素。

The main purpose of this chapter is to set the stage for an extended discussion of the development and revision of college and university curricula by explaining the academic plan model. It defines academic plans, discussing each of the eight elements that comprise a plan-purpose, content, sequence, learners, instructional processes, instructional materials, evaluation, and adjustment. It also introduces the concept of educational contexts, particularly noting the many influences-social, cultural, historical, and institutional-that shape postsecondary curricula.