Formulation and assessment of public administration educational objectives to optimize learning in adults and other “non-traditional” students

✍ Scribed by Muriel Greenhill; Charles Metz; Philip Stander

• Book ID: 104646618
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 516 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0018-1560
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00155617

✦ Synopsis

Traditional approaches to curriculum design and student evaluation are inadequate to meet the needs of adult and other non-traditional learners, especially in professionallyrelevant undergraduate education. The article provides a rationale for the adoption of a competence-based approach to curriculum design and a brief description of such a model that was subsequently piloted and implemented. The authors conclude with the view that, based upon data generated from the piloting of this Theory-Practice Curriculum Model, and the conclusions of professionals, evaluators, and authorities in the field, such a model is ideally suited for meeting the needs of our targeted population.