CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

LEARNING STRATEGY

Student Affairs’ learning strategy is quite simple – deliver quality learning experiences beyond the classroom. This strategy extends Student Affairs’ current framework for student learning by shifting focus from discrete opportunities to a system of interconnected and sequential learning experiences.

KEY CONSIDERATIONS

  1. Not all Student Affairs offerings are learning experiences. Student Affairs offers an array of activities, programs, and resources ranging from transactional services to programs designed solely to promote students’ sense of belonging. These offerings are essential to fulfilling the mission of Student Affairs.
  2. Learning experiences actively facilitate learning. Active facilitation of learning requires Student Affairs staff to design experiences from a learner-centered approach and to apply concepts from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
  3. Sequential learning experiences promote increasingly complex learning. Just as in the academic curriculum, learning experiences range from introductory to advanced allowing students to expand their learning.
  4. Learning experiences belong to pathways that extend throughout Student Affairs. Pathways allow students to identify experiences that reinforce and build upon one another regardless of the host department or area.

CORE COMPONENTS

LEARNING OUTCOMES

DESIGNED INTERVENTIONS

CURRICULUM GUIDES

FACILITATORS

ASSESSMENT & REFLECTION

BLOOM'S TAXONOMY

Develop sound programs and curriculum starts with creating thoughtful learning outcomes. Often, though not always, Bloom’s Taxonomy can be a great tool for outcome development.

BLOOM'S VERBS

REMEMBER

Define
Describe
Identify
Recognize
Tell
Explain
Recite
Illustrate
Quote

UNDERSTAND

Summarize
Interpret
Classify
Compare
Contrast
Infer
Relate
Extract
Paraphrase

APPLY

Solve
Change
Relate
Complete
Use
Sketch
Teach
Articulate
Discover

ANALYZE

Contrast
Connect
Relate
Devise
Correlate
Illustrate
Distill
Conclude
Categorize

EVALUATE

Criticize
Reframe
Judge
Defend
Appraise
Value
Prioritize
Plan
Reframe

CREATE

Design
Modify
Role-Play
Develop
Rewrite
Pivot
Modify
Collaborate
Write

Adapted from TeachThought