The Curricular Approach to Student Affairs

A Revolutionary Shift for Learning Beyond the Classroom

Kathleen G. Kerr, Keith E. Edwards, James F. Tweedy, Hilary Lichterman, Amanda R. Knerr

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9781000980851
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Higher Education

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 book is based on more than a decade of implementing curricular approaches on multiple campuses, contributing to the scholarship on the curricular approach, and helping many campuses design, implement, and assess their student learning efforts. The curricular approach is rooted in scholarship and the connections between 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 is straightforward and simple.

Table of contents

• Cover
• section1
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• dedication
• Table of Contents
• FOREWORD
• PREFACE
• 1 Why a Curricular Approach in Student Affairs?
• 2 What is a Curricular Approach in Student Affairs?
• 3 How to Identify Learning Aims
• 4 How to Design, Implement, and Assess a Curricular Approach
• 5 Facilitating Student Learning Beyond the Classroom
• 6 Leadership for a Curricular Approach
• APPENDIX A Ten Essential Elements for a Curricular Approach
• APPENDIX B Traditional Approaches Versus Curricular Approach to Learning Beyond the Classroom
• APPENDIX C Development and Refinement of Educational Aims Leading to the Development of Educational Plans
• APPENDIX D Sample List of Artifacts
• APPENDIX E Examples of Learning Aims
• APPENDIX F Checklist for Assembling an Educational Plan
• APPENDIX G Sample Developmental Sequencing Chart
• APPENDIX H Example of Mapping Learning Initiatives Across Departments
• APPENDIX I Facilitation Guide Template
• APPENDIX J Metacognition
• APPENDIX K Some Potential Pedagogical Strategies
• APPENDIX L The Divisional Barometer for the Curricular Approach in Student Affairs
• APPENDIX M Recommended Resources
• References
• About the Authors
• Index