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Handbook of College and University Teaching: A Global Perspective presents international perspectives on critical issues impacting teaching and learning in diverse higher education environments, all with a unique global view. The need to understand learning and teaching from multiple cultural perspectives has become critically important in educating the next generation of college students. Education experts from around the world share their perspectives on college and university teaching, illuminating international differences and similarities. The chapters are organized around a model developed by James Groccia, which focuses on seven interrelated variables, including teacher, learner, learning process, learning context, course content, instructional processes, and learning outcomes. Using this logical model as the organizational structure of the book provides a guide for systemic thinking about what actions one should take, or suggest others take, when planning activities to improve teaching and learning, curriculum development, and assessment.
Cultural Contexts and Curricular Design in Saudi Arabia and Other Middle Eastern Nations
Cultural Contexts and Curricular Design in Saudi Arabia and Other Middle Eastern Nations
Curriculum design is an important process that is shaped by many factors. For example, according to Groccia's model of teaching and learning (St. Clair & Groccia, 2009), course content directly affects curricular design. Indirect factors such as culture also may affect curriculum design. Thus, effective curriculum development requires, among other things, understanding both content and cultural diversity (Bixler, 2010).
In this chapter, we will discuss the relationship between curriculum and instruction from a global perspective and the factors that affect curriculum design processes. In particular, we will focus on culture and how religious, gender, social-economic, political, and ...
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