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Outline for presentation:
* definition of a residential curriculum
* why a curriculum approach?
* 10 steps framework
* Examples
* The educational priority
* Theoretical frameworks
* Brainstorming learning goals

What is a residential curriculum?
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Residential Curriculum - UC Berkeley

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Building a Residential Curriculum

Office of Student Development - UC Berkeley
Outline for presentation:
* definition of a residential curriculum
* why a curriculum approach?
* 10 steps framework
* Examples
* The educational priority
* Theoretical frameworks
* Brainstorming learning goals

What is a residential curriculum?
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FOUNDATIONAL QUESTIONS

  • What should students learn as a result of living in residence?
  • What strategies should we use to promote this learning?
  • How will we know if they learned as we intended?

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Curriculum approach emerges naturally from the evolution of student affairs purpose

However, as we learned more about how students learned outside the classroom, we didn't necessarily reevaluate our own approaches to supporting this learning. Instead, we got something that I like to call the jawbreaker effect.

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What is a jawbreaker?
*Lots of layers
*Delicious
What is the problem with a jawbreaker?
*You can't actually eat it without hurting yourself!

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A good curriculum is not just about taking the new things we've learned and adding more and more layers until we get something we can't manage. It's about re-envisioning. We have to be both entrepreneurial and editorial. (Distro small jawbreakers as reminder and treat!)
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Another problem with how we have sometimes approached our work in SA is that we have started with "what we do" and worked our way backward to LOs. This is the equivalent of painting the target around the arrow.

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RC is about transforming our approaches into something new, taking lessons from the past but not being limited by it, being willing to take on a new identity
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Directly connected to your institution's mission

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Learning outcomes are derived from a defined educational priority

Based on research and developmental theory

Learning outcomes drive development of educational strategies.

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Programs may be one type of strategy - but not the only one.

Strategies - aka tools
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Student staff are partners, with strong guidance and support.

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Represents sequenced learning - by month and by year.

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Stakeholders are identified and involved.

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Plans are developed through a review process.

Assessment is essential.

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