A Curriculum Design Manual for Theological Education (eBook)

'Features of A Curriculum Design Manual for Theological Education: A Learning Outcomes Focus 'by LeRoy Ford

- Fifteen complete descriptions for courses in various disciplines of theological education. All descriptions are in the learning outcomes format.

- A complete set of goals and objectives upon which each chapter is based. These statements, when combined with the goals and objectives for the manual itself, constitute a complete description for a course in "Curriculum Design in Theological Education."

- Guidelines for elaborating the essential elements of curriculum design: institutional purpose; program, division, and department purposes; scope; educational goals and objectives for learners; multiple contexts; methodology; and instructional and administrative models.

- Four hundred learning outcomes at the level of meaningful performance.

- An emphasis on making spiritual formation part of every course in the curriculum plan.

- Three essentials for the learning outcomes approach: a statement of goals and objectives, use of appropriate methods and activities, and development and use of appropriate testing and evaluation procedures.

- An emphasis on the multiple contexts which constitute an element of curriculum design.

- Twenty questions which designers must confront in considering the role of affective goals and objectives in curriculum design in theological education.

- Appropriate reader response opportunities.

- The essentials of a core curriculum.

-Glossary of terms used in curriculum design.