mesi planning the curriculum in higher education for lifelong learning
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Planning the curriculum in Higher Education for Lifelong Learning
Moscow State University for Economic, Statistics and InformaticsMarch 2012
Professor Alan TaitPro Vice-Chancellor (Curriculum and Qualifications)The Open UniversityUnited kingdom
Lifelong Learning
• Rate of change in knowledge
• Skills in workplaces
• Social justice
• Management as field of study
Higher Education Response to Lifelong Learning in UK
• Creation of Departments of Continuing Education
• Access programmes
• Foundation of The Open University 1969
Curriculum in Higher Education
• Does Curriculum in Higher Education need to be planned?
• If so, how?
Open University Mission
•The Open University is open to people, places, methods and ideas. •It promotes educational opportunity and social justice by providing high quality university education to all who wish to realise their ambitions and fulfil their potential. •Through academic research, pedagogic innovation and collaborative partnership it seeks to be a world leader in the design, content and delivery of supported open and distance learning.
Outcome of OU mission
• 250k students
• Age range segments
• Range of Undergraduate, Masters and Doctoral students
• Educational qualifications on entry for Undergraduates
• Numbers of graduates
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
Stud
ents
Qualifications
Highest Qualification at Registration
Academic year 2008/09
Academic year 2009/10
Academic year 2010/11
15,618 15,557
13,541
12,500
13,000
13,500
14,000
14,500
15,000
15,500
16,000
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Stud
ents
Master's Students
174,565
185,047 185,168
168,000
170,000
172,000
174,000
176,000
178,000
180,000
182,000
184,000
186,000
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Stud
ents
Undergraduate Students
Stagegate Process for Curriculum Planning
• Business planning process in Faculties
Drivers in Curriculum Planning• Market
• Academic community
• Government
• Employers and the workplace
• Big themes
• Skills for Lifelong Learning
• Success is optimal alignment of these 6 drivers
Institutional Level Intervention Aligned to Mission
• Example of FD in Retail initiated by PVC• Large workforce• Low educational qualifications• Low salaries• Large employers in supermarkets• New FD invested in by Uni not initially
faculty• Now 100 students
Planning Curriculum in a University: the institutional role
Thank you!
Спасибо!
Alan Tait