Taylor & Francis Inc Curricular Approach to Student Affairs: A Revolutionary Shift for Learning Beyond the Classroom

"The curricular approach aligns the mission, goals, outcomes, and practices of a student affairs division, unit, or other unit that works to educate students beyond the classroom with those of the institution, and organizes intentional and developmentally sequenced strategies to facilitate student learning. In this book, the authors explain how to implement a curricular approach for educating students beyond the classroom"-- The curricular approach aligns the mission, goals, outcomes,and practices of a student affairs division, unit, or other unit that works toeducate students beyond the classroom with those of the institution, andorganizes intentional and developmentally sequenced strategies to facilitatestudent learning. In this book, the authors explain how to implement acurricular approach for educating students beyond the classroom. The book is basedon more than a decade of implementing curricular approaches on multiplecampuses, contributing to the scholarship on the curricular approach, andhelping many campuses design, implement, and assess their student learningefforts. The curricular approach is rooted in scholarship and the connectionsbetween what we know about learning, assessment, pedagogy, and student success.For many who have been socialized in a more traditional programming approach,it may feel revolutionary. Yet, it is also obvious because it isstraightforward and simple. Autorid: Kathleen G. Kerr, Keith E. Edwards, James F. Tweedy, Hilary Lichterman, Amanda R. Knerr