scholarly journals Exploring Liberal Arts Curriculum Reform to Improve Core Competencies and Quality of Instruction Based on the Case of C University

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 253-265
Author(s):  
Hyo-Sung Lee ◽  
Sung-Hyun Cha
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Quality Of Instruction ◽  
Arts Curriculum

scholarly journals Development of a Basic Liberal Arts Curriculum Related to Coding to Strengthen Core Competencies －Focusing on Python programming basics

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 187-203
Author(s):  
Heekyung Hong
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Core Competency ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
University Education ◽  
Performance Standard ◽  
Task Completion ◽  
The Core ◽  
Arts Curriculum

Today's university education derives the core competencies of future talent. In addition, in order to strengthen these targeted core competencies, teaching and learning methods and educational evaluation methods are being studied through various approaches. Within this trend, the need for performance evaluation is being emphasized more in a curriculum that requires technical, procedural, and experiential knowledge in order that it might be evaluated in connection with core competencies, such as coding education. Also, the need to develop a rubric that can guarantee the reliability of the results as an objective standard to evaluate performance is growing. This study develops a core competency convergence rubric to strengthen the core competency targeted in the coding-related basic liberal arts curriculum. Furthermore, by actually applying this rubric, we hope to closely examine the appropriateness and effectiveness of this developmental tool. The subjects of this study were 59 students who responded to the questionnaire after taking coding-related courses in the first semester of 2021. The questionnaire prepared, distributed, and obtained in the Google questionnaire environment was used as analysis data. As a result of the quantitative questionnaire analysis, we found that the positive perception among the students was high in terms of their improvement of creativity and convergence thinking, which was achieved by linking the curriculum and the core competencies, along with the effectiveness and suitability of the developed rubric. In the qualitative analysis, we found such effects as: “direction guidance”, “performance standard(standard)”, “improvement of task completion”, “excellence of approach”, “self-inspection tool” and “providing psychological satisfaction”.

Integration and the liberal arts: a historical overview

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leon Conrad
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Arithmetic Geometry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Classical Greece ◽  
Arts Curriculum

Purpose – The traditional liberal-arts curriculum of the word-based Trivium (grammar, dialectic/logic, rhetoric) and the number-based Quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music) has an intrinsic unity. Used in an integrated way, it provides a tool for self-development, self-realisation and self-integration. The purpose of this paper is to outline the core nature of the integrative quality of the liberal-arts curriculum, trace the gradual disintegration of the curriculum from its adoption in classical Greece, and provide practical suggestions for the re-integration of the curriculum in the context of modern educational practice. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a philosophical survey of the history of the theory and practice relating to the intrinsic integrated quality of liberal-arts education from pre-classical Greece to the present day. Findings – The integrated quality of the liberal-arts curriculum has experienced a gradual disintegration from its adoption in classical Greece to the twenty-first century. The paper provides practical suggestions for the re-integration of an integrated approach to the curriculum in the context of modern educational practice. Practical implications – Re-engaging with the integrated quality of the liberal-arts curriculum is vital for fulfilling the purpose of education as a practice: that of enabling a human being to flourish in a holistic way, in order to take an active role within a civil society. Originality/value – The paper provides a valuable antidote to overly rational thinking by arguing for the need to restore the intrinsic integrative quality of the liberal-arts curriculum in educational practice in order to support the flourishing of individuals, society in order for the emergence of a mutually supportive interaction between them to appear.

scholarly journals The State of Private Universities in Bangladesh: An Evaluation of Students Perception

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-27
Author(s):  
SSM Sadrul Huda ◽  
Afsana Akhtar . ◽  
Jashim Uddin Ahmed .
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Private Universities ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
The Public ◽  
Primary Data Analysis ◽  
Arts Curriculum ◽  
To Come ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The universal characteristics of private universities are explored using a sample of 210 students from private universities to identify their perception. Both theoretical and empirical measurement issues have been considered using structural equations as the primary data analysis approach by using a structured questionnaire. The specific objectives of the research are to, inter alia, measure of the satisfaction level of students in case of academic issues, support services and general issues, which will lead to identify their attitude towards private universities in Bangladesh. Moreover, the study would also try to identify the effective extra curricular activity, and the most satisfied physical environment according to them. From the survey, it is observed that the students are satisfied with the services provided by the private universities. Though some of them are not satisfied with the services but they do not have any other options because every year huge number of students passed from the higher secondary class and the public universities do not have the capacity to cater the needs of most of the students want to have a university graduation. Therefore, they know the position of the private universities but they do not want to come out with the fact, as they have no other choices. However, private universities should try to improve their current standing through maintaining and retaining credibility and viability, maintaining the highest student quality, designing a broad based liberal arts curriculum and emphasizing on research and scholarly activities. Overall they should have strategic plan to ensure the quality of education.

scholarly journals A Study on the Operation of Liberal Arts Curriculum Based on Core Competencies －Focusing on the Case of N University

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-168
Author(s):  
Eun Sook Park
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Opinions ◽  
Competency Based Education ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
Arts Curriculum ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Competency Evaluation

This study is a case study regarding the operation of the liberal arts curriculum based on core competencies. It was conducted to explore the developmental direction of the competency-based curriculum. The study investigated the trend in the changes of the competency-based curriculum of N University, as well as the actual conditions and demands of the faculty’ capacity-based curriculum operation.N University's competency-based education has grown through a three-stage transformation process. The quality of education has been managed by diagnosing the effectiveness of competency-based education at the curriculum level through competency matching with the competency of the subject. While professors are highly aware of the necessity of competency-based education, they are relatively inadequate when it comes to teaching various curriculums. Therefore, for the purpose of competency-based education, it is necessary to diversify the curriculum.The professor was engaged in the following activities to operate the competency-based curriculum: student-centered class preparation and activity-oriented teaching methods, one-on-one feedback and guidance on activity experiences, observation and activity-oriented competency evaluation, and curriculum improvement plans reflecting student opinions, etc. Through the exploration of this process of change, and based on the recognition of the professors, suggestions on educational policy, educational content, and educational methods were made.The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that a specific case of competency-based education at a certain university, along with the perception of professors with competency-based education experience, suggests the direction in which competency-based education is heading.

Effect of Resource Factors and Quality of Instruction on Performance in Mathematics of Nigeria Secondary School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-69
Author(s):  
Umar Abdullahi ◽  
Musa Sirajo
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Secondary School Student ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
School Students ◽  
Quality Of Instruction ◽  
The Public

It seems that educational system in Nigeria has undergone only quantitative improvement in terms of number of schools and students’ enrolment. However, there has been little effort in respect to the capacity to manage them through provisions of adequate financial, human, material and physical resources. Physical and material resources in secondary schools were discovered to be inadequate and poorly equipped. Some of the secondary school buildings were dilapidated, also the allocated financial resource, teaching and non-teaching staff are grossly inadequate compared with the students’ enrolment. The public, the Ministry of Education and other stakeholders in education are expressing serious concern about the consistency of the poor performance of secondary school students especially in mathematics. Increase in population and the government’s free education programs make people want to take advantage of the education provided. Provision of both professionally qualified and non-qualified teachers by government and non-state providers of education also appear not to ameliorate the problem of declining performances in mathematics. The effect of all these on the public secondary school student academic performance in mathematics concern the researchers of this study. It is against this background that the study sought to empirically investigates effect of resource factors and quality of instruction on performance in mathematics of Nigeria secondary school students.

KURIKULUM DAN TANTANGANNYA Studi Kasus Jurusan Perbankan Syariah di SMK Ibnu Sina

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eny Puspita Ningrum
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Educational Curriculum ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Life Education ◽  
Real Picture ◽  
In The Beginning

Education is an important thing that has become a necessity for every human being in order to achieve a better quality of life. Education cannot be separated from the educational curriculum, which is where the curriculum continues to develop following every development of society and technological advances. The curriculum is the heart of education and is dynamic in nature where the curriculum must always be updated or changed. From this curriculum reform and change, it is a challenge for teachers to continue to innovate to improve the quality of education. By using a qualitative research method a case study approach, it is hoped that it can explain the real picture that is being experienced by the teacher at SMK Ibnu Sina. which focuses on the Sharia Banking major due to changes in the adjusted curriculum because the world is being faced by COVID-19. In the era of COVID-19, the educational curriculum must be adjusted, which in the beginning learning can be face-to-face now has turned into a distance learning online learning model.

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